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_Ross._
MACH, _s._ Son in law.
V. ~MAICH~.
_To_ MACHE, _v. n._ To strive.
_Douglas._
MACKLACK, _adv._ In a clattering way.
_Polwart._
_Mak_, make, and _clack_, a sharp sound.
MACRELL, MAKERELL, _s._
1. A pimp.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. A bawd.
_Philotus._
Fr. _maquereau_, leno; fem. _maquerelle_.
MACKREL-STURE, _s._ The tunny, a fish.
_Pennant._
O. Su. G. _stur_, magnus.
_To_ MAE, _v. n._ To bleat softly, S.
_Ramsay._
~Mae~, _s._ A bleat, S.
_Ritson._
_To_ MAGG, _v. a._ To carry off clandestinely, Loth.
Su. G. _miugg_, clanculum.
MAGG, _s._ A cant word for a halfpenny, pl. _maggs_; the gratuity which servants expect from those to whom they drive any goods, Loth.
V. ~Maik~.
MAGGIES, _s. pl._ Perhaps, _maids_.
A. S. _maegth_, virgo.
_Philotus._
_To_ MAGIL, MAIGIL, _v. a._ To mangle.
_Douglas._
MAGRAVE, MAGRY, _prep._ Maugre.
V. ~Mawgre~.
_Wyntown._
MAHOUN, _s._
1. Mahomet, O. S. and E.
2. Transferred to the devil.
_Dunbar._
MAY, _s._ A maid, a virgin, S.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _mey_, A. S. _maeg_, Norm. Sax. _mai_, Moes. G. _mawi_, id.
MAICH, MACH, (gutt.) _s._ Son-in-law.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _mag-us_, a son; A. S. _maeg_, id.; also a father-in-law, a kinsman.
