An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_Ramsay._
MISLUs.h.i.+OUS, _adj._ Rough, unguarded.
_Ramsay._
_To_ MISMAGGLE, _v. a._ To spoil, to disorder, S. B.
V. ~Magil~.
_Journ. Lond._
MISMAIGHT, _part. pa._ Put out of sorts, mismatched, S. from _mis_ and _maik_, q. v.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ MISMARROW, _v. a._ To mismatch.
V. ~Marrow~, _v._
MISNURTURED, _adj._ Ill-bred.
_Rutherford._
~Misnourtournesse~, _s._ Ill-breeding.
_Rollocke._
_To_ MISPORTION _one's self_, _v. a._ To eat to excess, S. B.
_To_ MISSAYE, _v. a._ To rail at.
_Baron Courts._
Teut. _mis-seggh-en_, male loqui alicui.
MYSSEL, _s._ A vail.
V. ~Mussal~, _v._
MISSETTAND, _part. pr._ Unbecoming.
_Pal. Hon._
Teut. _mis-sett-en_, male disponere.
MISSILRY, _s._ Perh. leprosy.
V. ~Mesall~.
_Roull._
MISSLIE, _adj._ Solitary.
V. ~Mistlie~.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ MISSWEAR, _v. n._ To swear falsely, S.
MISTER, MYSTER, _s._ Craft, art.
O. Fr. _mestier_, id.
_Barbour._
MISTER, MYSTER, _s._
1. Necessity, S. B.
_Barbour._
2. Want of food, S. B.
_Ross._
3. Any thing necessary.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _mist-a_, Dan. _mist-er_, to want.
_To_ ~Mister~, _v. a._ To need, to be in want of.
_Wallace._
