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*Monk. See quotation :— 
“At the stone quarry situated on Clark’s-hill, near Bowood-house, 
great quantity of pottery has been exhumed near the spot . . . also one 
of those coins called by the Wiltshire peasantry ‘monks.'—Cook’s Topo- 
graphical Description of Wilts (circa 1833), p. 55. 
~ Moocher. The Blackberry. (S.) 
" Mouch. Add :—At Harnham the somewhat intensified form, Mounch, 
4 occurs, while on Gloue. bord, Mich is often used. 
: Moulter. Tosmoulder. “The vire’s moulterin’ away.” N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
: Mouse. Add :—A muscle in the leg of a pig, rabbit, etc., which is believed 
to taint the meat, if not cut out before cooking. Should a ham not keep 
well, people will say, “You should have taken the ‘mouse’ out.” Cp. 
Kernel. N. & S.W. 
Jefferies, however, speaks of the “mouse” as a tit-bit :—‘ Pig-meat—such 
as spare-rib, griskin, blade-bone, and that mysterious morsel, the ‘mouse’ 
But the ‘mouse ’—what was the ‘mouse’? The London butchers 
can’t tell me. It was a tit-bit.’—Amaryllis, c. 12. 
% Mow. Part ofa barn. Add :—S.W. 
Muck. ada :—(2) v. To serape together money, to hoard up in a miserly 
way. See note on Mucker in Wilts Words. S.W. 
os If in thease wordle 
A yoolish man there be, 
"Tis he as’s ever mucking goold, 
An wunt a varden gie.’—Wilts Rhymes, 5 Ser., p. 90. 
[ EMinckle. (2) Add :—S.W. (Deverill). 
i itadler. A man “sie trade is the building of “Mud” walls for hovels, 
gardens, ete. Mud is much the same as the well-known “ Cob.” S.W. 
-*Mug. “That hot weather nigh mugged I”—nearly did for me. N.W. 
é (Market Lavington.) 
~Mummock. 4dd:—Mummucks, small pieces. (Hist. of Chipp.) N.W 
Munday’s-thing. This term occurs several times in the Castle Combe 
MS. Court Books. Cp. Rowless-thing. 
“A tenement and garden in Castle Combe aforesaid called a Mundies 
thing.” —Jbid, 15th Nov., 4 & 5 Philip & Mary. 
\ “A tenement with its appurtenances called a Mcndaiee thinge.’—Tbid, 
= 67th Oct., 5th Eliz. 
M fusicianer. A musician. S.W. 
