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 215 Marchant May's little summer. A fine autumn. Marinade. A term used of fish cured or cooked in a particular way in vinegar, with bayleaves and spice. Marlion. A kind of hawk. Carew. (Merlion, a merlin, a sort of hawk. Chaucer,) Mashes. Large quantities, lots, as, "Mashes of mait." (meat. ) Massy! Aw! massy! Exclamations, just as Mercy ! or Grammercy ! (Mascie, by my faith. Chaucer.) Maunge. To chew noisily, to munch. (Monche, Chaucer.) Maur. See Mor or More. A root. Maw. " A sugary maw." See Wad. May-bee. A cockchafer. M.A.C. May-bird. The whimbrel. c. Mayburn. A kind of bird. Marburan(l) is Celtic Cornish for a Eaven. May-games. Frolics, tricks, practical jokes. May-gemmin. Frolicsome, silly, childish. "Such mdygemmin ways." Maazlin. Knocked foolish. T.w.S. Mazed. Greatly bewildered, downright mad. Maazedish, or Maazedy. Maddish,
 * ' Marinaded pilchards."