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_Douglas._
2. To attempt, S.
_Gawan and Gal._
_To mint at_, to aim at, S.
_Ramsay._
_To mint to_, the same.
_Baillie._
A. S. _ge-mynt-an_, disponere, Alem. _meint-a_, intendere.
~Mint~, ~Mynt~, s.
1. An aim.
_Douglas._
2. An attempt, S.
_Ramsay_.
Alem. _meinta_, intentio.
_To_ MIRD, _v. n._ To meddle, S. B.
_Ross._
C. B. _ymyryd_, to intermeddle.
MIRE-b.u.mPER, _s._ The bittern, S.
_Mire_, and Isl. _bomp-a_, to strike against.
MYRIT, _pret._ Stupified.
_Douglas._
MIRK, MYRK, MERK, _adj._ Dark, S. A. _mark_, S. B.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _myrk_, Su. G. _moerk_, id.
~Mirk~, ~Mirke~, _s._ Darkness, S.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _myrce_, Isl. _myrkur_, id.
_To_ ~Mirken~, ~Mirkyn~, _v. n._ To grow dark. Sw. _moerkna_, id.
_Douglas._
~Mirklins~, _adv._ In the dark, S. B.
~Mirkness~, _s._
1. Darkness.
_Barbour._
2. Mental darkness.
_N. Burne._
MYRKEST, _adj._ Most rotten.
_Wallace._
Isl. _morkinn_, Su. G. _murken_, rotten.
MIKKY, _adj._ Smiling, merry, S. B.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
A. S. _myrig_, merry; or _myrg_, pleasure.
MIRKLES, _v. pl._ The radical leaves of Fucus esculentus, eaten in Orkney.
MIRL, _s._ A crumb, S. B.
V. ~Murle~.
MIRLES, _s. pl._ The measles, Aberd.
Fr. _morbilles_, id.
