MIDDLE PART THE FIFTH—Generally called Middle Part; the next Part below Senior Part the Fifth.
MILK HOLE—That part of a canal immediately below the lock-gates, where a hole has been formed by the rush of water from the lock.
MONEY AND DIRECTION ROLLS—Commoner Peal, (v. inf.)
MOUSE DIGGER—A miniature pickaxe.
MUG—To read hard; also to pay great attention to anything; any one cleaning and oiling a bat was said to “Mug” it; a boy with carefully greased and brushed hair was said to have “mugged” hair.
MUSTARD AND PEPPER KEEPER—An appointment in the gift of Præfect of Hall, which exempted the holder from Watching out at Cricket or Kicking in at Football.
MUTTONER—A blow from a cricket-ball on the fingers, the bat being at the time clasped by them.
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NAIL, TO STAND UP UNDER THE—The punishment inflicted on a boy detected in a lie; he was ordered to stand up on Junior Row, (v. inf.,) just under the centre sconce, during the whole of school time. At the close of it he received a “Bibler,” (v. sup.)