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

Teut. mutse, Su. G. myssa, id.

MUTCHKIN, s. A measure equal to an English pint, S.
Acts Ja. I.

Belg. mutsie, denotes a quart.

MUTE, s.
1. Meeting.
Wallace.
2. A parliament, an assembly.
Kennedy.

To MUTE, v. n.
1. To plead; an old law term.
Baron Courts.
2. To treat of.
Barbour.

A. S. mot-ian, tractare, discutere.

Mute, Mote, s.
1. A plea.
Reg. Maj.
2. A quarrel.
Rutherford.

To MUTE, v. n.
1. To articulate.
Lyndsay.
2. To mention what ought to be kept secret, S.
Godscroft.
3. To complain, S.
Wallace.

Lat. mut-ire, to mutter.

Used also as a v. a.
Kennedy.