An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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MESWAND, _s._ A wedge; properly a measuring-rod.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Alem. _mez_, mensura; _wand_, virga.
MET, METT, METTE, _s._
1. Measure, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
2. A determinate measure, S.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. _maat_, A. S. _mete_, mensura.
_To_ METE, _v. a._ To paint.
_Douglas._
A. S. _met-an_, pingere.
METE HAMYS, METHAMIS, _s. pl._ Manors.
_Wallace._
A. S. _mete_, meat, and _ham_, a house.
METH, _s._ A boundary.
V. ~Meith~.
METHINK, _v. impers._ Methinks.
_Barbour._
A. S. _me thincth_, mihi videtur.
MEW, _s._ An inclosure.
_Ferguson._
MEWITH, _3. p. v._ Changeth;
Fr. _mu-er_.
_Sir Gawan._
_To_ MEWT, _v. n._ To mew, as a cat.
Fr. _miault_, mewing.
_Kelly._
MYANCE, _s._ Means, wages, fee.
Fr. _moyen_, mean, q. _moyens_.
MYCHE, _adj._ Great, much.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _mycken_, id. Isl. _miok_, _mioeg_, valde.
MICHEN, _s._ Common spignel, S.
Gael. _moiken_, id.
_Statist. Acc._
MICHTIE, _adj._
1. Of high rank.
_S. P. Repr._
2. Stately, haughty, S.
3. Strange, surprising; also as an _adv._ as, _michtie gude_, S. B.
Su. G. _maagta_, very; _maagta G.o.dt_.
MID-CUPPIL, _s._ That ligament which couples or unites the two staves of a flail, S. B.
