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MILD.—A mile, miles.

"Ut be better nor zeven mild vrom Hampstead to Newbury."

MILLERD.—A miller. The common white moth.

MILLERDS THUMB.—The name most commonly given to the small fish, Bull-Head or Tom Cull, so much hunted for by boys in streams where drought has stopped the water nmning for a time.

MIM.—Silent, not easily induced to talk.

"She zet ther zo mint as I cood'nt get on no how, an' zo I got up an' come awaay."

MIMMAM.—A bog.

MINCIN'.—Affected.

"She be too mincin' a zart of a gal vor my money" (she is too affected for my taste).

MIND.—Know to one's cost. In the play of the Berkshire Mimimers we have—

"Now, Slasher. Slasher, dwoant thee be too hot.

Vor in this room thee'll mind who thee hast got."

MINDS.—Remember.

"What do a me-an by tawkin' to I like that ther, why I minds when a was but a bit of a bwoy."

MINT.—Large quantity or number, a great deal.

"That chap run zo hard, a gin I a mint o' trouble avoor I ketched 'un."

MINTY.—Musty, mouldy.

Cheese with mites therein is commonly described as "minty."

MISCHIEF.—To "play the mischief" with anything is to spoil it.

Mischievous or mischievious is much used, the accent being on the second syllable. Mischievul is also very commonly used instead of "mischievous."

MISDOUBT.—To mistrust.

MISSUS.—A working man so calls his wife. In speaking to others of her he will say "My missus." The farmer's wife is styled "The Missus."

"Be the Missus at whoam if 'e plaze?"

MISSUSSY.—Used by girls to each other as indicating "taking too much on oneself;" analagous to Maystervul.