3*4 PROVINCIALISMS. 



To MOYS. To thrive : fpoken of crops and ftocki 

 alfo in a general fcnfe \ as, " he muddles on but 

 does not moys." 



MUCK. The provincial and proper name of what is 

 more commonly, but lefs properly, called dung. 



MUCK-WEED, or FAT-HEN. Cbenopodium al- 

 bum ; common goofe-foot- 



MUDCROOM. A tool ufed by water- workers. Sec 

 vol. ii. p. 79. 



MURRAIN. See GARGUT. 



N. 



NEEDLE WEED. Scandix peflen Vtncrls j (hepherd's 



needle. 



A NIP. A near, fplit-farthing houfe-wife. 

 A NOCKLE, or KNOCKLE. A mallet or beetle. 

 NOGG. Strong beer (common). 

 NONSUCH, black. Trefoil-feed. 



. white. Rye-grafs-feed. See vol. ii. p. 17$. 



NOONINGS. Workmen's dinner-time. 



O. 



OAMY. Light, porous, floury j fpoken of plowed 



land. 



OLLAND. Lay-ground (old land). 

 OPEN. Not fpayed j fpoken of a heifer, or a fow. 

 OVER- YEAR. Bullocks vfhich are not fmifhed at 



three years old, if homebreds or the firft winter after 



buying 



