An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To MAGG, v. a. To carry off clandestinely, Loth.

Su. G. miugg, clanculum.

MAGG, s. A cant word for a halfpenny, pl. maggs; the gratuity which servants expect from those to whom they drive any goods, Loth.
V. [Maik].

MAGGIES, s. pl. Perhaps, maids.

A. S. maegth, virgo.

Philotus.

To MAGIL, MAIGIL, v. a. To mangle.
Douglas.

MAGRAVE, MAGRY, prep. Maugre.
V. [Mawgre].
Wyntown.

MAHOUN, s.
1. Mahomet, O. S. and E.
2. Transferred to the devil.
Dunbar.

MAY, s. A maid, a virgin, S.
Wyntown.