MECLIS, MEKLIS. _Eng. Rom._ Leave off! have done! “‘_Meklis_,’ said Mrs. Chikno, ‘pray drop all that, sister’” (_The Romany Rye_, ch. v.). P. ii. 112, 434; Pp. 369; M. viii. 19. MEDICO. _Span._ and _Port._ A physician. MEFORSHIM. _Hebr._ The commentators. More correctly, _m_’_fár_’_shim_. MEIGA. _Port._ and _Gal._ A female sharper, fortune-teller, or sorceress. The adjective _meigo_, in Spanish _mego_, has the signification of gentle, kind, mild. MELEGRANA. _Rom._ Granada. From the Ital. _melagrana_, a pomegranate; Span. _granada_. See note, 375. MENDI. _Basque_. A mountain. See note to Ingles Mendi, ii. 314. MERCADO. _Span._ and _Port._ A market, or market-place. MERCED. _Span._ (1) Favour, grace, mercy. (2) A day labourer’s pay, or wages. (3) In combination, _vuestra merced_, your worship, your honour, etc.; written V. or Vd. and pronounced _usted_. MESUNA. _Rom._ A wayside inn, or _posada_, q.v. P. ii. 43, 463. MEZQUITA. _Span._ A mosque. MÍLA. _Irish_. A thousand. MILAGRO. _Span._ A miracle. MIN. _Rom._ My, mine. P. i. 237; Pp. 69; M. xi. 30. MIN. _Arab._ From. MIRAR. _Span._ To look. MISERIA. _Span._ and _Port._ Misery, wretchedness; also niggardliness, stinginess. MODERADO. _Span._ and _Port._ Moderate. The name assumed by the more royalist members of the _Cristino_ party. See i. 180. MODO. _Span._ and _Port._ (1) Measure; (2) courtesy, urbanity. _V. no tiene modo_, “You’ve got no manners.” MOIDORE. _O. Eng._ Portuguese _moeda d’ouro_ = golden money, was a gold piece of the value of about twenty-six shillings. MONA. _Span._ and _Port._ A she-monkey. MONRÓ. _Rom._ A friend; in thieves’ slang, an adult. Z. ii. 149; P. ii. 453; M. viii. 18. MONTANA. _Span._ A hill, mountain. MONTE. _Span._ and _Port._ A hill, mountain. MONTERA. _Span._ A hunting-cap, a Montero cap. MONTERO. _Span._ A hunter; originally, a mountaineer. MORO. _Span._ Moorish. MOSTRADOR. _Span._ The counter, of a shop. MOZO. _Span._ A youth, or lad; _moza_, a girl. MSELMEEN. _Arab._ Moslems. See HUÁJE. MUCHACHO, MUCHACHA. _Spn._ Boy; girl. MUCHO. _Span._ Much. MUGER, MUJER. _Span._ Woman; wife. MUJIK, MUZHIK. _Russ._ A peasant. It may be added that their popular song, “Come, let us cut the cabbage” (i. 175), is not, as might be supposed, an exhortation to horticultural pursuits. “To cut the cabbage” is a slang expression among the Slavs for killing a Turk, in allusion to the green turbans worn by the descendants of the prophet. MUK. _Rom._ Let, allow. See MECLIS. MUNDO. _Span._ and _Port._ World. MUSHEE. _Arab._ I.e. _ma_ = not, _shee_ = thing. MUY. _Span._ Very, much. * * * * * NACIONAL. _Span._ and _Port._ A Nationalist; a member of the National Guard. NADA. _Span._ and _Port._ Nothing.