Glossary.

Letter M

MADE
having his fortune made
MAGNIFICO
the chief magistrate at Venice
MAGOT-PIE
a magpie, a pie which feeds on magots
MAIL
covered as with a coat of mail
MAIN-COURSE
a sea-term
MALKIN
a familiar name for Mary; hence a servant wench
MALLECHO
mischief
MAMMERING
hesitating
MAMMETS
a woman's breasts
A doll
MAMMOCK
to break, tear
MAN
to tame a hawk
MANAGE
management
MANDRAGORA
or Mandrake a plant of soporiferous quality, supposed to resemble a man
MANKIND
having a masculine nature
MARCHES
frontiers, borders
MARCHPANE
a kind of sweet biscuit
MARGENT
margin
MARRY TRAP
an oath
MARTLEMAS
the Feast of St. Martin, which occurs on the 11th of Nov. when the fine weather generally ends; hence applied to an old man
MATCH
an appointment
MATE
to confound, dismay
MEACOCK
tame, cowardly
MEALED
mingled
MEAN
instrument used to promote an end
MEAN
the tenor part in a harmony
MEAN
opportunity, power
MEASURE
reach
A stately dance
MEAZEL
a leper, spoken in contempt of a mean person
MEDAL
a portrait in a locket
MEDICINE
a physician
MEED
reward, hire
Merit
MEHERCLE
by Hercules
MEINY
retinue
MELL
to mix, to meddle
MEMORISE
to cause to be remembered
MEPHISTOPHILUS
the name of a familiar spirit
MERCATANTE
a foreign trader
MERELY
simply, absolutely
MESS
a company of four
METAPHYSICAL
supernatural
METE-YARD
measuring-wand
MEW UP
to confine
MICHER
a truant
MICKLE
much
MILL-SIXPENCE
a milled sixpence
MINCE
to do any thing affectedly
MINCING
affected
MISCREATE
illegitimate
MISDOUBT
to suspect
MISERY
avarice
MISPRISE
to despise
To mistake
MISPRISION
mistake
MISSIVE
messenger
MISTEMPERED
angry
MISTHINK
to think ill of
MISTRESS
the jack in bowling
MOBLED
muffled
MODERN
commonplace
MODULE
a model, image
MOE
and more. Of frequent occurrence
MOIETY
a portion
MOME
a stupid person
MOMENTANY
momentary
MONTHS-MIND
a monthly commemoration of the dead, but used ludicrously to mean a great mind or strong desire
MOOD
anger
MOON-CALF
a nick-name applied to Caliban
MOONISH
inconstant
MOP
nod
MORISCO
a Moor
MORRIS-PIKE
Moorish-pike
MORT
death, applied to animals of the chase
MORT-DU-VINAIGRE
a ridiculous oath
MORTAL
fatal, deadly
Murderous
MORTIFIED
ascetic
MOSE
a doubtful word, applied to some disease in a horse
MOTION
solicitation
Emotion
MOTION
a puppet
MOTIVE
one who moves
That which moves
MOTLEY
or the many-coloured coat of a fool, or
a fool
MOTLEY-MINDED
foolish
MOUSE-HUNT
a weasel
MOW
to make grimaces
MOY
a coin, probably a moidore
MURE
a wall
MUTINE
to mutiny
MUTINE
a mutineer