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

MIRLES, s. pl. The measles, Aberd.

Fr. morbilles, id.

MIRLYGOES, MERLIGOES, s. pl. One's eyes are said to be in the mirlygoes, when one sees objects indistinctly, S.
Ferguson.

Perhaps q. merrily go, because objects seem to dance before the eyes.

MIRROT, s. A carrot, S. B.

Su. G. morrot, id.

MYRTRE, adj. Belonging to myrtle.
Douglas.

MYS, MYSS, MISS, s.
1. A fault, S. B.
Wallace.
2. Evil, in a physical sense.
Sir Gawan.

Goth. missa, defectus, error.

MISBEHADDEN, part. pa. Unbecoming or indiscreet, applied to language, S.