252 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



Loutillg. Clumsy, loutish. N. & S.W. 



" Grirt louten chaps goo off we guns." — Slow, p. 46. 

 "^Lurden-fever. a fit of laziness. " He've a 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, q.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. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



*Maimder. To mouth at, to abuse. (Hist of CJiipp.) N.W. 

 Meggle. Muddle, confusion. S.W. (Shrewton, etc.) 



" A state of ' meggle . . . a chaos of boxes, hampers, hammocks." 

 — Diogenes' Sandals, p. 100. 



*Miconomy, " In 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-bo-Wo 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. A shepherd . . . 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 (sic) 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.W. 



Mommick, Mommet. Add .—Also used as a term of abuse, as— "You 

 little mommet ! " — you little wretch ! . N.W. (Potterne, etc.) 



Monkey-tree. The Sumach. S.W. (Harnham.) 



