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1. A funeral banquet.
_Douglas._
2. The last food eaten before death.
_To give one his muld meat_, to kill him, S.
_Ruddiman._
MULDRIE, _s._ Moulded work.
_Palice Honour._
_To_ MULE, MOOL, _v. a._
1. To crumble, S.
Isl. _mol-a_, id.
2. _To mule in_, to crumble bread into a vessel, for being soaked, S.
_Ramsay._
3. _To mule in with_, to have intimacy with, q. to eat out of the same dish, S.
_Ross._
~Mulin~, ~Mulock~, _s._ A crum, S.
Teut. _moclie_, offa; C. B. _mwlwg_, refuse.
MULES, _s. pl._ Kibes, chilblains, S.
Fr. _mules_, id.
MULIS, _s. pl._ A term of contempt.
_Montgomerie._
MULL, MAOIL, _s._ A promontory, S.
_Barry._
Isl. _muli_, frons montis, promontorium; Gael. _maol_, id.
MULL, _s._ A virgin.
_Kennedy._
A. S. _meoule_, id. Moes. G. _mawilo_, a damsel.
MULL, _s._ A mule.
_Knox._
_To_ MULLER, _v. a._ To crumble, S.
V. ~Mule~.
MULLIS, MOOLS, _s. pl._ Slippers, without quarters, anciently worn by persons of rank.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _mules_, Ital. _mulo_, Teut. _muyl_, sandalium.
MULTIPLe, MULTIPLIE, _s._ Number, quant.i.ty.
_Wallace._
Fr. _multiplie_, manifold.
MULTURE, MOUTER, _s._ The fee for grinding grain, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _mouture_, L. B. _molitura_.
~Multurer~, _s._ The tacksman of a mill, S.
MUM, _s._ A mutter, S. B.
Teut. _momm-en_, larvam agere.
MUM CHAIRTIS, _s. pl._ Cards with figures: or for _mumchancis_; _mumchance_, being an old game at cards.
