An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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MALICE, MALE-EIS, _s._
1. Bodily disease.
_Barbour._
2. Trouble of mind.
Fr. _malaise_, disease; q. _malum otium_.
MALING, _adj._ Malignant.
Fr.
_Burel._
~Maling~, _s._ Injury, hurt.
_Watson._
MALISON, _s._ A curse.
V. ~Maleson~.
MALLACHIE, _adj._ Denoting the colour resembling milk and water mixed, S. B.
A. S. _meolec_, milk; Belg. _melkachtig_, milky.
_To_ MALLAT, _v. n._ To feed.
_Watson._
Isl. _maul-a_, masticare; or from _maal_, a meal, and _et-a_ to eat.
MALLOW, _s._ Zastera marina, Orkn.
MALMOCK, _s._ The Fulmar, Shetl.
Norv. id.
_Neill._
MALVESY, MAWESIE, _s._ Malmsey wine.
Fr. _malvoisie_, id.
_Pitscottie._
MALVYTe, MAWYTe, _s._ Vice.
O. Fr. _malvetie_, id.
_Barbour._
MALWARIS, _s. pl._ Mowers.
_Wallace._
MAMMIE, _s._
1. A childish term for a mother, S.
_Burns._
Teut. _mamme_, mater.
2. A nurse, S. B.
_Ross._
Lat. _mamma_, Teut. _mamme_, the breast.
3. A midwife, S. B.
MAMUK, _s._ A fict.i.tious bird.
_Burel._
Fr. _mammuque_, id.
MAN, _s._
1. A va.s.sal.
_Barbour._
