MOWDI-MAN, MOWDI-CATCHER—A chap ’at catches mowdiwarps, an’ maks pooches an’ purses oot’ o’ t’ skins.
MOWDIWARP—Mole. As fat as a mowdiwarp.
MOIDER—A naggen barn ’at’s allus bodderen yan wi’ questions aboot wheea maks t’ rain, and hoo t’ sun’s fassened up, an’ wheea poos ’t blinds doon o’ t’ sky when it’s time ta be dark, ’ll sometimes be tell’t ta whisht er thoo’ll moider me ta deeth.
MONKEY—Anudder niam fer dander; when a chap’s monkey’s up, keep oot ov his rooad.
MOOTER—Payment in kind for grinding. In maut er meal t’ miller mun hev his mooter.
MOOT—Broach. Ah’ll moot it tull him.
MOOT-HO’—Town Hall. At Appleby (at all events with the older generations), Moot-Ho is the term used for what the designation Town Hall, City, or Municipal Buildings means in modern parlance. And perhaps as we have so generally discarded “fooak” it is only fit that the place of the “fooak moot” should have a name in harmony with its functions.
MOP—T’ cur dog.
MORTAL—Ah’s mortal near chowk’t wi’ stoor an’ muck.
MORTALLY—A thing Ah mortally hate is ta see fooak ’at’s seea prood an’ throssen up.