*Maudlin. The Ox-eye Daisy (D.).—N.W.
Mawk (pronounced Maak). To clean out the oven with the 'maakin,' before putting in the batch of bread.—N.W.
Mawkin, Malkin, Maak, or Maakin, (1) An oven-swab with which the charcoal sticks are swept out of the oven, before putting in the batch (A.).—N. & S.W.
'The malkin, being wetted, cleaned out the ashes ... malkin [is] a bunch of rags on the end of a stick.'—Great Estate, ch. viii.
(2) Also used as a term of reproach.—N.W.
'Thee looks like a girt maakin.'—Great Estate, ch. viii.
*May-beetle, The cockchafer (A.B.).
*May-blobs, May-blubs, or May-bubbles, Flowers and buds of Caltha palustris, L., Marsh Marigold.
Mazzard, *(1) A small kind of cherry (English Plant Names). Merry is the usual Wilts name, Mazzard being Dev. and Som. (2) The head (A.), but only in such threats as:—
'I'll break thee mazzard vor thee!'—Wilts Tales, p. 31.