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 223 Mur. The guillemot. MurS. Mice. Polwliele, Mured. Squeezed, forced, or thrust against a wall. Mur a wall (French). Mured enclosed. Spenser. Murely. Nearly, almost, well nigh. U.J.T. In Celtic Cornish, mur, much. Murfles. Freckles. Murfled or Murfly. freckled. Murgy or Morgye. A dog fish. An ill looking wench. It is Celtic Cornish and spelt morgi by Pryce. Murrick. A sloven. e.j.c. Mute. The hybrid between an ass and a mare. C. Mutting. Moody. Silent and sulky. (Mute-ing ^ ) My Ivers ! An exclamation of surprise. (My ver- nos ! M.A.c.) Nacked. See Knacked. Nacker. The wheatear. Saxicola cenanthe. C. Nackin, Nacken, or Nacker. Handkerchief. Nagging pain. A dull, persistent pain. Nag-ridden. Troubled with the nightmare. Nail- spring. The splitting of the skin at the root of a finger-nail, or a small splinter of the nail itself. Naked-jack. A crock-dumpling. Callingfon. 'Nan. See Anan. Nanny-viper. A caterpillar. M.A.C.