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

Mortmumlingis, s. pl. Prayers muttered or mumbled for the dead.
Bannatyne P.

MORTAR, s.
1. Coarse clay of a reddish colour, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. This clay as prepared for building, S.

MORTAR-STONE, s. A stone hollowed out, formerly used as a mortar, for preparing barley by separating it from the husks, S.
Pinkerton.

MORTERSHEEN, s. A fatal species of glanders; q. mort aux chien, a carcase for dogs.
Spalding.

To MORTIFY, v. a. To give in mortmain, S.
Erskine.

L. B. mortificare terras, id.

Mortification, s.
1. The act of giving in mortmain, S.
Erskine.
2. Lands or money thus disponed, S.
Stat. Acc.

MORTYM, MORTON, s. Supposed to be the common martin; mertym, South of S.
Acts Ja. VI.

MORUNGEOUS, adj. In very bad humour; morungeous cankert, very ill-humoured, S. B.

MOSINE, s. The touchhole of a piece of ordnance; metaph. S. motion-hole.
Z. Boyd.