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_To_ MELVIE, _v. a._ To soil with meal, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _moelv-a_, comminuere; _miolveg-r matr_, fruges.
~Melvie~, _adj._ Soiled with meal, S. B.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
MEMBRONIS,
L. _marlionis_, merlins.
_Houlate._
_To_ MEMER, _v. n._ To recollect one's self.
_Sir Gawan._
A. S. _mymer-ian_, reminisci.
MEMERKYN, MYNMERKIN, _s._ A contemptuous term, expressive of smallness of size.
_Evergreen._
MEMMIT, _part. pa._ Allied.
_Bannatyne P._
Teut. _moeme_, _memme_, matertera, neptis.
MENARE, _s._ A mediatrix, q. _moyaner_, q. v.
_Houlate._
MENDS, _s._
1. Atonement.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
2. Amelioration of conduct.
_Kelly._
3. Addition.
_To the mends_, over and above, S.
_Rutherford._
O. E. _amends_, compensation; Fr. _amende_, in pl.
_To_ MENE, MEYNE, MEANE, _v. a._
1. To bemoan, S.
_Barbour._
2. To _mean one's self_, to make known one's grievance.
_Ja. VI._
3. _No to mein_, not an object of sympathy, S.
_Ramsay._
4. To indicate pain or lameness.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ ~Mene~, ~Meane~, _v. n._
1. To make lamentation, S.
_Minstr. Bord._
2. To utter moans, S.
A. S. _maen-an_, dolere, ingemiscere.
_To_ MENE, MEAN, MEEN, _v. a._
1. To intend, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _maen-an_, Germ. _mein-en_, intendere.
2. To esteem, to prize.
