MILL-POSTS—Legs as thick as mill posts.
MILT—A soft-bellied fish—herrin’, fer instance.
MINT—A lot. We’ve a mint o’ plums.
MINK-MIMP—An affected manner of talking.
MISCANTER—To fail or be disappointed in an undertaking. It com off wi’ a miscanter.
MIRE, MIRES—Low-lying boggy land—e.g., Shap Mires.
MISFIT—One who turns out badly and does not make much effort to succeed in life. They spent a pooer o’ money ta mak a man on him, but he turned oot a misfit an’ it o’ was wasted.
MIGHTY—Ye’ll hear t’ lal ’uns say ta yan at wants ta cock ower t’ midden, “Thoo needn’t mak thisel seea mighty becos thoo’s some new shun on.”
MIFF—Whimper. Keep swat an’ nivver say miff.
MINDS’TA—Ah’ll hev nin o’ thi sauce, minds’ta that noo. This is t’ origin o’ that famish classic, “Don’t ye fergit it.”