Likewise, in like wise or manner.
Line, to cover with linen on the inside.
Linen, cloth made from lint or flax.
Liquorice, Gr. glukurrhiza = sweet root; from glukus, sweet, and rhiza, a root.
Meadow, place where grass is mown or cut down. Compare math and aftermath.
Morris-dance = Moorish dance.
Naught, no-whit, nothing.
Ness, a promontory or headland. A doublet of naze, and probably connected with nose. It occurs frequently in place-names along the shores of the North Sea, as in Sheerness, Caithness, the Naze.
Nonce, in ‘for the nonce’ = for the once, for the one occasion; M. E. for then ones. The n belongs to the article, and represents the m of the dative of the article, namely tham. Compare a newt, for an ewt; nuncle for mine uncle; a nickname for an eke-name; a nugget or ningot for an ingot.
Nostrils, corrupted form of nose-thirles, nose-holes. (Thirl is connected with thrill, drill, etc.)