HAMPSHIRE GLOSSART. 59 moon-rakers *' had its origin in the Wiltshire peasants [who were en- faged in smuggling] fishing up the contraband goods at night, rought through the New Forest, and hid in the various ponds.' — Wise, New Forest^ p. 170. But Hampshire folk-lore tells that Wilt- shire peasants, seeing the full moon reflected in a pond, fancied it was a cheese, and tried to get it out with a rake; and hence are called in Hampshire moon-rakers, MoonshiiLe [mocnshein], sh smuggled Schiedam. — Cooper. Moots [moots], sb. pi. the roots of trees left in the ground. *Ak. See Stouls. Kop [mop], sb, a statute-fair for hiring servants. *Ak. I. of Wight. Kore-loose [moanrloos], adj. loose at root. — Lisle. Mores [moarz], sb.pL roots. — Lisle. See Wise, New Forest, "p. 163. Morgan [mauTgun], sb. Anthemis Cotula. — Grose's Glossary, Also Anthemis arvensis. — Wise; J. B. See Maxgon. Morris-apple [mori&-ap*l], sb. an apple with very red cheeks. — Wise. Mort [maurt], sb. a great deal ; a vast quantity. Ex. * He's in a mort of trouble.* — N. H. Mortal [mauTtul], adv. excessively. Used before an adjective intensatively. Ex. * It's mortal hot' — J. Mosey [moa'zi], adj. musty. — J. Most-times [moa*st-teimz], adv. generally. — J. Mote [moat], sb. a stump of a tree. ' Motes are stumps and roots of trees, in opposition to the smaller moresy applied also to the fibres of ferns and furze. The sailor calls them mootes [moots], when he dredges them up in the Channel.' — Wise, New Forest, p. 194. But mores generally signifies the roots of trees. See Mores and More- loose.— W. H. 0. Mothery [mudh'uri], adj. mouldy ; generally applied to liquors, as mothery ale, mothery wine; being thick liquor, with the filaments in it, &c. — Cooper. ♦Ak. Mouoh [mouch], v. to idle, loiter from school, play truant. A
- black-berry moucher * is one who idles his time in gathering black-
berries. * Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher and eai blackberries f ' — 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4. Also pronounced miu:h [much].
- Ak. writes it mooch. — ^Wise. See Mitch, which is the North Hants
as well as Shakespeare's pronunciation. — ^W. H. C. Monse-digger [mous-digur], sb. a miniature pick-axe, used by some [Winchester] boys to dig out vermin of various kinds, and by others to hunt for fossils. — Adams' Wykehamiea, p. 427. Monster [mou'stur], v. to muster* *Ak. Mow [mou], sb. (1) A stack in a barn, in distinction from one out of doors.
