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HAMPSHIBE GLOSSARY. 55 Lng-stick. See Sngstick. Lnnunakin [lum'ukin], adj. awkward, clumsy, heavy. *Ak. Lump [lump], v, to beat, drub. — F. M. Lnngs of Oak [lun^z uf oak], Stikta pulmonaria. A lichen which grows rather plentifully on oak-trees. — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 176. Lnxer [luks'ur], sb, a handsome fellow. — Adams' Wi/kehamica, p. 427. Madder [mad'ur], sb. Anthemis Cotula. — J. B. Mag [mag], sb, prattle. Hence magpie, — IP, M. Maggot [mag'ut], v, ' to maggot money away ' is to spend it foolishly* — Wise. Maggoty [mag-uti], adj, (!) Frisky, playful. *Ak. (2) Foolish, crotchety. — ^Wise. Of. O.E. maggots, whims, fancies. Maiden [mai-dun], sb, a gosling. See Onlls. — Wise. . Maiden-bark [mai'dun-baak], sb, bark from a young maiden-oak or

  • flittering,'not yet arrived at timber. It is also called * flittering-bark, '

and is more valuable than * timber-bark ' (which requires to be cut and hatched for the market), and still more so than 'pollard-bark.' — Wise. Maiden-down [mai*dun-doun], sb, an unbroken, unploughed down or hill. — ^Wise, North Hants. Maiden-timber [mai*dun-timb'ur], timber that has never been touched with the axe. — Wise, New Forest, p. 183. Main [main], adj, very. Ex. ^ Main sprack,' very lively; 'main good, very eood. *Ak. A Wiltshire labourer, whom I knew, on rst seeins the sea at Mudeford iu Hants, exclaimed — * What a ^eat main pond 1 * Cf . * Plutoe's post seeing this, stood still to watch them, and at length saw them, in maine galop, make toward a goodly fayre place.' — Decker, Vtllanies Discovered [1616J Sig. D. Again, in the certificate of Peter Pett, we read (concerning the state of the New Forest) of the keepers * sparing i^e Toppes of the Trees, which yeeld maine good knees.' — Staie Papers, Chas. L, May 17, 1632; No. 216, foL 66 L — ^Wise. Of French, mainte. Mala whoot [maa*lu whoot], interj, said to horses, to bid them stand still. — F. M. This I believe to be a mistake ; it probably answers to the West Kent muther^whoot [muodh'ur whuot] which is a direction to horses to turn towards the driver, and may fancifully be derived from come hither, wilt thou? a phrase which, at any rate, expresses the meaninff correctly. The opposite, in West Kent, is yai-whoot [yai* whuot]) signifying go yonder, wilt thou 9 and directs the horse to turn /row the driver.— W. W. 8. In North Hants the call to horses to come towards the driver is coom-o-the-wut [kuom-u-dhi-wut], which may mean come hither , wilt thou f — ^W. H. 0. Male-shag [maii-shag], sb, a caterpillar.-