'I was never one to go bellockin', though I've allus had much-about raison to murmur.'—Dark, ch. x.

Muck. Dirt, mud, earth.—N. & S.W.

*Mucker. A miserly person (S.) Cf. Mouch.—S.W.

'A fine old word, that I do not remember to have met with in other counties. It=Old Eng. mokerer (Old English Miscellany, E. E. T. S. p. 214), a miser; Scot. mochre, mokre, to hoard.'—Smythe-Palmer.

Muckle. (1) n. Manure, long straw from the stable (Agric. of Wilts, ch. vii).—N. & S.W. (2) 'Muckle over,' to cover over tender plants with long straw in autumn, to protect them from frost.—N.W.

Muddle-fuss. A persistent meddler with other people's affairs.—N.W. (Steeple Ashton.)

*Mudel over. The same as Muckle over, q.v. (Agric. of Wilts, ch. vii).

Mud-up. (1) To pamper and spoil a child.—S.W. (Hants bord.) *(2) To bring up by hand (H.Wr.), as 'Mud the child up, dooke' (Monthly Mag., 1814).

Muggeroon. A mushroom.—N.W.

Muggerum. Part of the internal fat of a pig.—N.W.