68 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Meat and Kense, food, and manners or politeness. ** Te shad still ax a frien' t' take a bit o' whatiyyer^s goin', if lie diz, why A -wish him his health, an' mudi good may it do him ; if not ye hae yer meat and menae both. — OLLMnacK. Meoldn'. ' MecMvH a chimley o' yer mooth/ smoking. Meddle, v. to hurt or annoy. ' The dog won't meddle yoa.' Meg, eh, a boy's term for a bad old ' peerie,' t. e. peg-top. Meg-many-feety sh. a centipede. Meer, sh. a mare. ' The white meer come oot o' some ermy,' i, e, the white mare had been in a oayaby regiment. Meerin, Mearing, ab, a land boundary. Melder, sh. the quantity of meal ground at one time for a person ; a large vague quantity. ' I've eaten a rndder^ i. e. I've eaten too much. Mell whuns, v, to bruise whins (furze) with a mallet or ' beetle,' for cattle feeding. Melt, (1) eh, the milt, or soft roe of a fish. (2) slang, Bh, the tongue. * Keep in your mdt' (3) ' I'll knock the meU out of you,' a threat Ment, V, mended. Meont, sh, a slight sound. ' There wasn't a meout out o' the chUdre.'
- Don't let a meout out o* you.'
Messen, «& a contemptuous term for a little person of either sex. Mich, V. to play truant. Mid kipple, ah, part of a flail. Same as Hooden. Midden, ah. a manure heap, or pit. Midge's knee buckle, ah, a very small article. Miles, Milds, ah, a wild plant used as spinach, CJienopodium album. Miller's lift, sb. an upward thrust with the point of a crowbar, to moye a heavy object forwards. Miller's thujnb, sb, two small sea fishes are so called, Gottua 8C07'pitta, and C, bulhalis. Mill eye. ^Hot from the mill eye^ a comparison for something freshly made. Mim, Mimsey, ad^, prim ; prudish. Mind, (1) t7. to remind. * Now mind me of that to-morrow,' (2) V. to observe. * See ! d*ye miixd the way she's walkin'.' (3) V, to remember. ' I miind the time,* a common beginning to a story. 'I don't mind much about my father being kuled' = I don*t remember much, &c.
