An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 537
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_To_ Meis, Mease, _v. n._ To become calm.

_Kelly._

_To_ MEISE, MAISE, _v. n._ To incorporate, S. B.

Germ. _misch-en_, to mix.

MEIS, _s._

1. A mess.

_Douglas._

2. Meat.

_K. Hart._

Alem. _maz_, Su. G. _mos_, meat.

_To_ MEISSLE, _v. a._ To waste imperceptibly, Fife.

Belg. _meusel-en_, pitissare.

MEITH, _aux. v._ Might.

V. ~Mith~.

MEITH, MEETH, METH, MYTH, _s._

1. A mark; _meid_, Ang.

_Douglas._

Isl. _mide_, a mark, _mid-a_, to mark a place, to take observation.

2. A sign, of whatever kind, S.

_Doug._

3. A landmark, a boundary.

_Skene._

A. S. _mytha_. meta, limes.

4. The boundary of human life.

_Doug._

5. A hint, an innuendo, S. B.

V. ~Myth~, _v._

MEKYL, MEIKLE, MYKIL, MUCKLE, _adj._

1. Great, respecting size, S.

_Douglas._

2. Much; denoting quant.i.ty or extent, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _micel_, _mucel_, Alem. Isl. _mikil_, magnus.

3. Denoting pre-eminence, S.

Isl. _mikilmenne_, vir magnificus.

~Mekildom~, _s._ Largeness of size, S.

_Rams._

~Mekilwort~, _s._

Deadly nightshade.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

_To_ MEL, MELL, _v. n._ To speak, to mention, S. B.

_Gawan and Gol._

Su. G. _mael-a_, Isl. _mal-a_, A. S. _mael-an_, id.

MELDER, MELDAR, _s._

1. The quant.i.ty of meal ground at once, S.

_Morison._