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MOW, (p.r.o.n. _moo_) _s._
1. The mouth, S.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _moue_; Su. G. _mun_, Teut. _muyl_, id.
2. A distorted mouth.
_Roull._
3. Used in pl. in the sense of jest. _Nae mows_, no jest, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
_To_ ~Mow~, _v. n._ To speak in mockery.
_Lyndsay._
~Mowar~, _s._ A mocker.
_Palice Honour._
_To_ ~Mow-band~, _v. a._ To mention, to articulate, S.
_Ross._
Teut. _muyl-band-en_, fiscellam ori appendere.
~Mow-bit~, _s._ A morsel, S.
_Ferguson._
~Mow-frachty~, _adj._ Palatable, S. B.
From _mow_, the mouth, and _fraucht_, perh. a lading.
MOWCH, _s._ A spy, an eave-dropper.
Fr. _mousche_, _mouche_, id.
_Lyndsay._
MOWE, _s._ Dust, S.
_peat-mowe_, peat-dust.
_Ruddiman._
MOWE, _s._ A motion.
_Douglas._
MOWENCE, _s._ Motion, or perhaps dependance.
Fr. _mouvance_, id.
_Barbour._
MOWSTER, _s._ Muster.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
MOZY, _adj._ Dark in complexion, S.
Isl. _mos-a_, musco tingere.
_To_ MUCK, _v. a._ To carry out dung, S.
Su. G. _mock-a_, stabula purgare.
~Muck-fail~, _s._ The sward mixed with dung, used for manure, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
~Muck-midden~.
V. ~Midden~.
MUCKLE, _adj._ Great.
V. ~Mekil~.
MUD, _s._ A small nail, used in the heels of shoes, Loth.
Isl. _mot_, commissura, a joining close.
_To_ MUDDLE, _v. a._ To overthrow easily and expeditiously.
