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*Lowl-eared. Long-eared. (A.B.H.) 
& Lug. (1) In land measure, a pole or perch. (A.B.H.) N. & 8.W. 
: “Alug . . . . is of three lengths in this county: 15, 18, and 16} 
‘ feet. The first of these measures is getting out of use, but is still retained 
in some places, particularly in increasing mason’s work. The second is the 
ancient forest measure, and is still used in many parts of the county for 
measuring wood-land. But the last, which is the statute perch, is by much 
the more general.” (Agric. of Wilts, p. 268.) 
(2) Any rod or pole (D.H.), as a perch for fowls, a clothes pole (A.B.). 
See Oven-lug. 
Lummakin. Heavy, ungainly, clumsy. (A.B.) N.W, 
Lum pus. Noise, row. ‘Don’t ’ee make such a lumpus.” “ Th’oss didn’t vall 
down, but a come down wi’ a kind of a lumpus.” N.W. 
Lurry. Of cows, suffering from looseness. N.W. 
*Mad. Of land, spoilt, damaged, as by sudden heat after much rain. (Lisle’s 
_ Husbandry.) Obsolete. 
Madder. *(1) Asperula odorata, L., Sweet Woodruff. N.W. (Lyneham.) 
(2) Anthemis Cotula, L., Stinking Camomile. N. & S.W. 
Maggots. Tricks, nonsense. ‘“‘ Her’s at her maggots again.” N.W. 
Maggotty. Frisky, playful. (A.) NW. 
Maggotty-pie. Picus caudatus, the Magpie (MS. Lansd.), still in 
a use. N.W. 
Main. (1) adv. Very, as ‘‘ main good,” excellent. (A.B.) N. & S.W. 
(2) adj. ‘‘A main sight o’ volk,’’ a great number. N. & S.W. 
Make. “That makes me out,” puzzles me. (H.) N.W. 
*Mammered. Perplexed. (A.) 
% Mandy. Frolicsome, saucy, impudent (A.B.): now only used by very old 
people. N.W. 
Mar, More. (1) An old root or stump of a tree. N.W. 
(2) A root of any plant (Aubrey’s Wilts MS.), as ‘‘ a strawberry more” ; 
; ‘cowslip-mars,” etc. (Amateur Poacher, ch. 7.) N.W. 
 fern-mars’ 
; 4% Marlbro’-handed. People who used their tools awkwardly were formerly 
called “ Marlbro’-handed vawk.” N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Marley. Streaky, marbled; applied to fat beef, or bacon from a fat pig, 
a ; where the fat seems to streak and grain the lean. N.W. 
Martin, Free-martin. A calf of doubtful sex. N.W. 
An animal with an ox-like head and neck, which never breeds, but is ex- 
cellent for fatting purposes. It is commonly supposed that a female calf 
