252 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Louting. Clumsy, loutish. N. & S.W. 
“Girt louten chaps goo off we guns.” —ASlow, p. 46. 
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Lurden-fever. A fit of laziness. “He'vea got the lurden-fever s'marnin .” 
S.W. 
Madell. Add :—About Devizes, sometimes called Nadell. At Deverill 
“Three-penny Madell” is known as Tit-tat-to, ¢.v. 
Main. (2) In the example in Wilts Words, “frawk’” is a misprint for 
“vawk.”’ 
*Mander. To crow over. (S.) 
Marsh hen. Gallinula chloropus, Moorhen. (Birds of Marlborough.) 
Masoner. A mason. ay N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
*Maunder. To mouth at, to abuse. (Hist of Chipp.) N.W. 
Meggle. Muddle, confusion. S.W. (Shrewton, etc.) 
“A state of ‘meggle’ . . . a chaos of boxes, hampers, hammocks.” 
EE a = < EE 
—Diogenes’ Sandals, p. 100. 
*Miconomy, “Ty a miconomy,” in low spirits. (Hist. of Chipp) N.W. 
Milkmaids. Stellaria Holostea, L.. Greater Stitchwort. N.W. (Hed- 
. dington.) 
Miller. Add :—Also sometimes applied to a white butterfly. 
Mimp. Add :—At Harnham this seems to be used rather of crouching down 
with shoulders hunched up, as:—‘* Her mimped auver the vire aal day, her 
wur so bad.” 
*Mist-bow. A “white rainbow.” + S.W. 
«“ Across the dusky air, a pale primrose bow suddenly projected itself from 
the zenith to the plain, spanning the bent of heaven There was no 
rain at the time. Ashepherd . . . said they called them ‘ mist-bows * 
on the downs: he often saw them on misty mornings, ‘over against the sun.’ 
I conclude they are what Tyndale (s?e) describes as having seen on Hind 
Head : he calls them ‘ white rainbows.’ ”_ Diogenes’ Sandals, p. 100. 
Mizzy-mazey. Add :—Miz-mazey is the form in use at Deverill. 
Mocking-bird. Salicaria phragmitis, Sedge Warbler. N.W. (Marlboro’.) 
From the manner in which it imitates the notes of other birds. 
Moile. Add :—(2) To make dirty, to befoul. N.We q 
Mommick, Mommet. Add :—Also used as a term of abuse, as—* You 
little mommet ! ’—you little wretch ! N.W. (Potterne, ete.) ‘ 
Monkey-tree, The Sumach. _ §.W. (Harnham,) 
