MORE, a hill; hence the hilly parts of Staffordshire are called the Morelands. N. More, or Maur, also in Gloucestershire, signifies a root; as, a strawberry-more.

MORE of a tree, the bole. Somersetsh.

MOREING-AXE, an axe for grubbing up the roots of trees. Glouc.

MORGAN, a weed growing among corn. Hants. MORT, or MOT, many, abundance, a multitude; a mort of money, apples, men, &c. Kent. MORTAL, MORTACIOUS, MORTALLY INDEED, very; a mortal good doctor, mortacious wholesome. Kent.

MOSEY, mealy; a mosey apple. Glouc.

MOSKER, to rot; a mosker'd tooth, a rotten or decayed tooth. N.

MOTHERING-SUNDAY, Mid-lent Sunday. Warwicksh.

MOTTY, the mark at which the quoits (or coits) are thrown. Derb.

MOUCH, to pilfer. Berks.

MOULDE-RAT, a mole. Bedf.

MOULD-WARP, the same; from the Low Dutch, WORPEN, to cast forth, and MOLDE, earth. N.

MOW-BURNT HAY, hay that has fermented in the stack. York.

MOYLE, a mule. Exm. To moyley, or moyle and toil, to labour hard, like a mule.

MOYL'D, troubled, fatigued. Sedgemoor.
MOYTHERD, confounded, tired out. Glou.

MUCK, moist, wet. Lincolnshire. Elsewhere muck signifies dung or straw laid to rot, which is usually very moist; whence wet as muck.

MUCKINGER, or MUCKINDER, a handkerchief. N. MUCK-MIDDEN, a dunghill. N.

MUCKSHUT, the dusk of the evening. Glouc.

MUCKSON UP TO THE HUCKSON, dirty up to the knuckles. S.

MUGGARD, sullen. Exm.

MUGGOTS, chitterlings; also a calf's pluck. Exm. MUGGETY-PIE, a pie made of calf's entrails. Cornw.

MUGWORT, Wormwood. N.

MUGGY, moist; muggy weather. North.

MULCH, straw half-rotten, and almost dung. South. MULL; to mull, to pull and tumble one about. Exm.

MULLOCK, dirt or rubbish. N.

MUMMY, mother. Norf.

MUN, must; I mun go,

I must go. N.

MUNDLE, a pudding-slice. Derb.

MUNG, food for chickens.

MUNG, to mix, in some parts pronounced MING and MENG.

MUNGER, to mutter to oneself, or murmur. Shrop. MURK, dark. N.

MURKINS, in the dark. N.

MURL, to crumble. N.

MURTH, abundance; a murth of corn, abundance

of corn. N.

Mux, dirt. Exm.

N.

NAB, the summit of a rock or mountain. N.
NACKER, a harness-maker. Norf.

NACKING, i. e. necking, a handkerchief. Cornw.
NAFFING, grumbling; hagling in a bargain. North.
NAG, to gnatter, as a mouse does at any thing
hard. North.

NAIL; a nail of beef, eight pounds. S.

NAN, used as an interrogation; as-Nan? i. e. What did you say? Kent.

NANG-NAIL, a piece of loose skin hanging from the top of the finger. North.

NAPE, or NEPE, a piece of wood that hath three feet, used to support the fore part of a loaded waggon. N.

NAPKIN, a pocket handkerchief. N.

NARLE, a hard swelling on the neck, arising from a cold. Glouc. Narle is likewise a term for a knot in an oak, thence styled a narly oak. A narle is also a knot in a tangled skein of silk or thread.

NAR-SIN, never since. N.

NATION, a nation deal:-a nation many. Kent, Norf. and Suff.

NAUNT, aunt. N.

NAY, no; a nay-word, a catch, or bye-word. N. NAY-SAY, to give the nay-say of a house, &c. i. e. the refusal.

NAY THEN! an exclamation implying doubt. Derb.
NAZZARD, a silly foolish fellow. North.

NEAR, Covetous. North. as, He is a near man.
NEAR NOW, just now, not long ago. Norf.

NEARRE, Lincoln. In use for neither. Ab A. S.
NERRAN, posterior.

NEB, or NIB, the nose; also the beak of a bird. N.
NECKABOUT, a woman's neck handkerchief. N.
NEDDER, an adder. Derb.

NEDDY, an ass. Kingswood.
NEEALD, a needle. Exm.

NEER, or NERE, a kidney.
NEEVE, or NEIFFE, a fist. N.

NEME; my neme, my compere, my gossip. N. NEMIS, least, for fear. Suff. Mauther, gang the grizen into the vaunceroof, bring my hat from off the spurket, ding the door after you, nemis the cat should get in and eat the suncate: Girl, girl, go up stairs into the garret, and fetch my hat from off the peg; shut the door for fear the cat should get in and eat the dainty.

NEPS, turnips. North.

NERLED, ill-treated, as by a step-mother. N.
NESH, or NASH, tender. N. and S.

NESTLING, the smallest bird of the nest or clutch; called also the NESTLE-COCK, and NESTLE-bub. North.

NETHER, lower: hence the Netherlands or Lower lands. N.

NETHER'D, starved with cold. N.

NETTING, chamber-lye, urine. N.

NEWING, yeast, or barm. Ess.

NEWST OF A NEWSTNESS, i. e. much of a muchness. Glouc.

NEWT an effet, and so called in Kent. North, The water lizard.

NI! NI! an exclamation expressing amazement on seeing any one finely dressed. N.

NICE, clever, agreeable, fine, applied to any thing. C.

NICE, in Derbyshire, implies the same as BONNY in Yorkshire.

NICKERING, neighing. N.

NICKER-PECKER, a wood-pecker. N.

NIDDICK, the nape of the neck. Exm.

NIFLE, a nice bit (or tit-bit) of any thing; also to trifle. Lanc.

NIGH; to nigh a thing, to be close to it, to touch it. N.

NIGH-HAND, hard by. North.

NIGHEST-ABOUT, the nearest way. N.

NIм, to take up hastily. N.

NINNIWATCH, a longing desire or expectation of a thing. Exm.

NITCH, or NIDGE; a nitch of hay or corn, a small quantity, less than a jobbet. Hampsh.

NITHING, much valuing, sparing of; he is nithing of his pains. N.

NITTLE, handy, neat, handsome. N.

NOG, ale.