“Whyte _maiz’d_ wi’ loungin’ on i’ th’ neuk.” _Stagg._ Auld Lang Syne. Maizlin, C, a simpleton. “Banton lads grew parfet guffs, An’ Thursby lasses _maizlins_.” _Mark Lonsdale._ The Upshot. Mak, C, sort, kind. “It taks o’ _maks_ to mak ivery mak.” _Rev. T. Clarke._ Johnny Shippard. Māp’ment, C, imbecility; compounded of mope and ment, like manage-ment, etc. “He toked for iver sa lang, but he toked a deal o’ _maapment_.”—_Ibid._ Mattie, C, the mark at quoits or pitch and toss. _Skifting his mattie_ is proverbially used for shifting position or changing policy or course. Maukin, S, the hare. “The fuddlin’ bodies nowadays Rin _maukin_-mad i’ Bacchus’ praise.” _Ferguson._ Caller Water. Maunder, S and C, to think, talk, or act dreamily. “Aw wish this wanderin’ wark were o’er, This _maunderin_’ to and fro.” _Edwin Waugh._ Sweetheartin’ Gate. Meat-heàl, C, very able to eat. “He’s beàth _meat-heàl_ an’ drink-heàl. Ther’ can’t be mickle t’ matter wid him.”—Said of a Hypochondriac. Mell, C, meddle. “Gangin’ frae house to house hearin’ news an’ _mellin_ e ther nebbors.”—_Mrs. Wheeler._ Dialogues. Mell, S, a mallet; the prize that used to be given to the last in a race. “Winning the _Mell_” in any contest is figuratively equivalent to taking the wooden spoon at the Cambridge examinations for honours. Mense, S and C, propriety, creditable behaviour. “I’ve seàv’t beàth my meat an’ my _mense_.” Proverb, used when proffered hospitality is declined. Messan, S and C, a small dog of indefinite breed. “We hounds slew the hare, quo’ the bleer’d _messan_.” Proverb. “A little black _messet_ danced sae like old Jenny.” _Miss Blamire._ Sec a Durdum. Mirk, S, dark. “It fell about the Martinmas, When nichts were lang an’ _mirk_.” Old Ballad—The Wife of Usher’s Well. Mischanter, S and C, misadventure. “Thou’rt welcome, wean, _mischanter_ fa’ me.” _Burns._ Mittens, S and C, gloves. “He coft me a rokelay o’ blue, An’ a pair o’ _mittens_ o’ green.” _Macneil._ I lo’e ne’er a laddie but ane. “Twee yards o’ red ribbon to wear for his seake, Forbye ledder _mittens_ he bowte me.” _Anderson._ First Luive. Mowdie, S; Mowdie-warp, C, the mole. “The _mowdie_ powler’t oot o’ the yirth, An’ kyss’t the synger’s feet.” _Telfer._ The Gloaming Bucht.