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mock, mock$t, mockery, mockit, mockreef, mockrif, mockrife, mockt, mokkit,
mock [mɔk]
n. Derision, scorn. Something to be scorned or derided.
v. To mock.
pt. pp. mockit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
mockery: Mockery.
mockrif [-rɪf, -rəif]: adj. Scornful, mocking.
moade, mod,
mod [mɔːd]
n. The annual gathering or festival celebrating highland culture, originally applied to a council, parliament or other administrative gathering.
 
From Gaelic mòd.
model,
model [ˈmɔdəl, ˈmodəl]
n. A model. An exact likeness or replica.
moaderat, moaderate, moadrit, moderat, moderate, moderation, moderatit, moderator, modrit, oonmoaderate, oonmoderate, unmoderate,
moderate [ˈmodəret]
adj. Moderate. I.Sh. Of the weather: calm, temperate.
v. To moderate, preside over, act as chairperson.
pt. moderatit
pp. moderate
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
moderately: Moderately.
moderator: One who precides at a Presbyterian Church court
moderation [-eʃən, arch. -ɑːʃən]: Moderation.
unmoderate: I.Sh. Of the weather: boisterous.
moadern, modairn, moderne, modren, modrin,
modren [ˈmodrən]
adj. Modern.
Moffat, Moffit, Muffat, Muffet, Muffit,
Moffat [ˈməfət]
pn. Moffat (Dumfries and Galloway).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Moffat meisur: A generous measure of anything.
moag, moager, moagered, moagit, mogar, moger, mogert, mogre, mooger,
moger [ˈmogər]
n. A muddle, a state of great confusion, a mess, a bungle.
v. To work about in a slovenly, aimless manner. To make a mess of something or botch a piece of work with clumsy dirty handling. To dabble in a soft messy material. To roll in the gutter.
pt. pp. mogert adj. Rendered useless, messed up, botched.
 
See mocher also.
ill-mogganed, ill-moggined, ill-moggint, ill-muggent, ill-muggind, moggan, moggans, moggen, moggens, moggin, moggins, moghan, moghans, moogan, moogans, moughans, mougin, mougins, mowgan, mowgrans, muggin, muggins,
moggin [ˈmogɪn, N. ˈmug-]
n. A ( woollen) stocking, usually, without a foot, a mitten. MN. A stocking used to keep money in thus a hoard of money or savings.
pl. moggins
v. MN. To hoard money in a moggin.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blue mogginers: A nick name for the inhabitants of Peterhead.
hogger moggins: Stockings without feet.
ill-moggint
mird moggins wi: To be intimately associated with. To share together.
cat_moagit, catmoagit, catmoget, catmogit, catmougit, catmuggit, katmogit, katmuggit, katmugit, kattmoget, moget, mogit,
mogit [I.Sh. ˈmoːgɪt]
also catmogit [kat-]
adj. Applied to animals having a light-coloured body with dark legs and belly.
modder, modderit, moddert, modher, moider, moidered, moidert, moidhered, moither,
moider [ˈmɔɪdər]
v. To confuse, stupefy, bemuse, bewilder, fatigue, harass.
pt. pp. moidert, moidered adj. Confused, dazed.

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