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

MARENIS, MURENIS, s. pl. Perhaps, conger eels. Lat. muraena.
Monroe.

To MARGULYIE, MURGULLIE, v. a. To spoil, to mangle, to mar, S.

Fr. margouill-er, to gnaw.

Ramsay.

MARIES, s. pl. The designation given to the maids of honour in Scotland.
Knox.

Isl. maer, a maid, pl. meijar.

MARYNAL, s. A mariner.
Complaynt S.

MARITICKIS, MARTYKIS, s. pl. French soldiers, employed in S. during the regency of Mary of Guise; from the name of the commander.

MARK, MERK, s. A nominal weight, Orkn.
Skene.

Su. G. mark, a pound of thirty-two ounces.