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

MOLLAT, MOLLET, s.
1. The bit of a bridle.
Dunbar.
2. The ornament of a bridle.
Douglas.

Mollet-brydyl, s. A bridle having a curb.
Bellenden.

Teut. muyl, the mouth; Isl. mull, Su. G. myl, a bridle, a curb.

To MOLLET, v. n. Perhaps, to curb.
V. [Mollat].
Lyndsay.

MOLLIGRANT, s. Whining, complaining, Ang. Molligrunt, Loth.

Isl. mogl-a, murmur, and graun, os et nasus.

MOLLIGRUB, MULLYGRUB, s. The same with [molligrant], S.
Ramsay.

Mulligrub is an E. word used in a similar sense in cant language.

MOMENT-HAND, s. The hand of a clock or watch which marks the seconds, S.

MON, MONE, MUN, MAUN, aux. v. Must.