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Monahan,
Monahan [nˈɔnəhən]
pn. Monaghan (County Monaghan).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Coonty Monahan: County Monaghan.
Manounday, Maunday, meal_Monanday, meal_Monday, mealie_Monday, Minday, Monanday, Monandey, Monenday, Monnday, Monounday, Munanday, Munday, Munonday,
Monanday [ˈmʌnəndɪ]
n. Monday.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Handsel Monanday: 1st. Monday of new year.
meal Monanday: The day students at St. Andrews university were given a day off to return home and collect a sack of oatmeal and a barrel of herring to see them through the second half of term.
Monanday first: Next Monday etc.
raisin Monanday: A Monday in the the winter term at St. Andrews University when senior students traditionally demand a levy of a pound of raisins from the first-year students in return for their protective oversight.
a_ba, a_ba$, ba$money, ba$-money, baw_money, baw-money, bowl_money, bowl-money, dog$s_money, dug$s_money, lie-money, money, monie, munnie, munny, muny, white-money, white-monie,
money [ˈmʌnɪ]
n. Money.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
baw money, bowl money: Money scattered for children to scramble for on the occasion of a marriage. I.Ork. Money demanded from a wedding party to buy a football.
dug's money: I.Sh. The yellow rattle Rhinanthus crista-galli.
fairy money: NEC. The sheep sorrel Rumex acetosella.
lie-money: Money retained by an employer for lie-time.
Seturday money: Pocket money.
white-money: Silver money.
Monee, Mongie, Monie, Muinie,
Mongie [ˈməŋɪ]
pn. Monzie (Perthshire).
meniment, moniment,
moniment [ˈmənɪmənt]
n. A monument. A rascal. A laughing-stock.
monkey, monkie,
monkey [ˈmʌnke]
n. A monkey. A tool with a ratchet for tensing fencing wire.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
monkey's face: SEC. The sea urchin Spatangus purpureus.
moanster, monster,
monster [ˈmɔnstər, ˈmonstər]
n. A monster.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
monsterous: Monstrous.
mond, moneth, mont, month, montht, munce, munt, munth, towmonn, twalmond, twalmont, twalmonth, twal-month, twal-munt, twelvemonth,
month [mʌnθ, I.Sh. mʌnt]
n. A month.
The singular is used as the pl. with numerals.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
this month past: Last month.
twalmonth: A period of twelve months, a year.
mauny, maunys, mehny, minny, minnys, miny, minys, moanie, moany, money, monie, monie$s, monie-ane, monies, monies, monnie, monny, mony, mony$s, mony_ane, monys, munnie, munny, muny,
mony [ˈmone]
adj. Many. Big, large, great, considerable.
comp. mair [meːr]
superl. maist [mest, mɛst]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
the mony: The great majority. The dead, the departed.
a mony: A lot, a great number.
mony a ane, mony ane: Many a one.
mony's ...: Many is ...
mony's the time: Often.
no mony: A few.
ower mony: Too many.
grannie-mooldie, granny-moolie, granny-moulie, hairy-möldit, hairy-mooldit, hairymouldit, hairy-muildit, meelit, mool, moold, mooldie, mooldin, mooldit, mooldy, moolie, moolit, mooly, moul, moul$, mould, moulit, mowl, muilit,
moold [mul(d)]
v. To grow mouldy, become covered with mildew or other damp fungus.
pt. pp. mooldit adj. Mouldy, covered with mildew or other damp fungus.
 
mooldie
Mouldy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
grannie-mooldie: SW. A caterpillar.
hairy-mooldit: Covered in (green) mould.
mooldin [ˈmuldɪn]: Moulding.

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