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MAICH, _s._ (gutt.) Marrow, Ang.
MAICHERAND, _part. adj._ (gutt.) Weak, incapable of exertion, Ang.
Su. G. _meker_, h.o.m.o mollis.
MAID, _s._ A maggot, S. B.
Teut. _made_, Belg. _maade_, id.
MAID, _adj._ Tamed.
V. ~Mait~.
_Acts Ja. III._
MAIDEN, _s._ An instrument for beheading, nearly of the same construction with the _Guillotine_, S.
_G.o.dscroft._
MAIDEN, _s._
1. The last handful of corn cut down by the reapers on a farm; this being dressed up with ribbons, in resemblance of a young woman, S.
_A. Douglas._
2. The feast of harvest-home, S.
_Statist. Acc._
MAIDEN, _s._
1. The honorary designation given to the eldest daughter of a farmer, S.
B.
2. The bride's maid at a wedding, S. B.
3. She who lays the child in the arms of the parent, when presented for baptism, Lanerks.
MAIGLIT, _part. pa._ Mangled.
V. ~Magil~.
MAIK, _s._ A cant term for a halfpenny, S.
MAIK, MAKE, MAYOCK, _s._ A match, or equal, S.
_K. Quair._
A. S. _maca_, Su. G. _make_, aequalis, socius.
_To_ ~Maik~, _v. n._ To match.
_Douglas._
Germ. _mach-en_, sociare.
~Maikless~, ~Maykles~, _adj._ Matchless, S.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _makaloes_, id.
MAIL, MALE, _s._ A spot in cloth, especially what is caused by iron, S.
A. S. _mal_, Teut. _mael_, macula.
_To_ ~Mail~, ~Male~, _v. a._ To stain, S.
MAIL, MEIL, MEEL, _s._ A weight equivalent to about 7 stones Dutch, Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _maal_, a measure.
MAIL, _s._
1. Tribute; pl. _malis_.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.d._
2. Rent paid, in whatever way, for a farm, S.
_Erskine._
3. Rent paid for a house, garden, &c. S.
