_Maitland Poems._
MUMMING, _s._ Perh. muttering.
_Burel._
_To_ MUMP, _v. n._ To hint, to aim at, S.
_Shirrefs._
MUMM'D, _part. pa._ Tingling from cold, Loth.; apparently corr. from E.
_numb_, torpid.
~Mumt-like~, _adj._ Having the appearance of stupor, Loth.
MUN, _v. aux._ Must
V. ~Mon~.
~Mundie~, _s._ Perhaps, prating fool.
Teut. _mondigh_, loquacious.
_Philotus._
MUNDS, _s._ The mouth. Loth.
Germ. _mund_, id.
MUNKS, _s._ A halter for a horse, Fife.
Isl. _mundvik_, canthus oris; Gael. _muince_, a collar.
MUNN, _s._ A short-hafted spoon, Galloway.
_Stat. Acc._
Perhaps from Isl. _munn_, the mouth.
MUNSIE, _s._ A designation expressive of contempt or ridicule, S. perh.
a corr. of Fr. _monsieur_, vulgarly pron. _monsie_.
MUR, _adj._
V. ~Movir~.
MURALYEIS, _s. pl._ Walls.
_Douglas._
Fr. _muraille_, a wall.
_To_ MURDRES, MURTHREYS, _v. a._ To murder.
_Bellend._
Moes. G. _maurthr-jan_, id.
~Murdresar~, _s._
1. A Murderer.
_Bellend._
2. A large cannon.
_Compl. S._
Fr. _meurtriere_, id.
MURE, MUIR, MOR, _anc._ MORE, _s._ A heath, a flat covered with heath, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _mor_, ericetum, heath-ground, Isl. _mr_, id.
~Mure-burn~, _s._
1. The burning of heath, S.
_Acts Ja. IV._
2. Metaph. strife, contention, S.
~Mureland~, ~Moorland~, _adj._ Of or belonging to heathy ground.
_Ramsay._