342 PROVINCIALISMS,. 



MENSE ; manners j creditablenefs. 



MENSEFULj mannerly, decent, neat. 



1VIERCURY ; arf^nic. 



MET ; twobufhels. 



MET-POKE j a narrow corn-bag to contain twp 

 bufhels. 



MEW; a mow of corn or hay. 



MICKLE i (vulg. tong.) ; much : << Is there mic- 

 kle ti' dea ?" Is there much tp do ? 



MIDDEN; a dunghill. 



MIDGE j a fmall gnat. 



MILNER ; miller. 



To MINT ; to make a feint ; to aim without in- 

 tending to hit ; alfo to hint diftantly at fomething 

 defired. 



MISTEACHED ; (pron. miftecht] ; fpoiled by im- 

 proper treatment ; vicious, as a horfe. 



MITCH; (mid. dial.) much. 



MITTENS ; gloves with only one bag for the fingers. 



MOOR-PAWMS ; (that is Moor-Palms) ; the 

 flowers of the carex tribe j after which the heath- 

 fheep, in the fpring, ftray away from their accuf- 

 tomed " heafs :" returning again when thefe 

 flowlrs go ofF. 



MOOTER ; toll taken at a mill for grinding corn. 



MORTAR ; loamy foil beaten up with water, for- 

 merly ufed in building ordinary walls ; in contra- 

 diftinction to " lime,!'?" lirne-and-fand," 01: 

 cement. 



