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| manifold | adj/vb | 1. many and of several different types multiply; [Cambridge English Dictionary]
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| mare | n | an adult, female horse; [CED]
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| marrow | n | 1. soft tissue containing a lot of fat in the centre of a bone 2. squash vegetable; [CED]
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| mattock | n | iron agricultural tool, similar to a pickaxe; [CED]
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| maw | n | any bird of the family Laridae; gull, seagull [OE mæw]
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| meadow-month | n | the seventh month of the year (so called because the meadows were in bloom and the cattle were in pasture); July [Anglo-Saxon, from Mæd-Mōnath]
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| meanwealth | n | a form of government by all the citizens, a republic; republic, folkdom [OE gemæne "common, general, shared by all" + wealth. Calque of rēs publica, substitute for "commonwealth", since "common" is a Latinate word]
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| mellow | adj | smooth, soft or developed; not too sharp, bright, new or rough; [CED]
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| mere | n | a large body of inland water; lake [dialectual, from OE mere]
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| mething | n | adjudication; [OE mæðung]
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| mettle | n | ability and determination when competing or doing something difficult; [CED]
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| mickleborough | n | metropolis; [mickle = much, great ~ still used in Scots dialect]
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| mightworks | n | factory-like industrial installation that produces electricity for consumption; power plant [neologism, from might 'strength, power' + works 'place of production, workshop']
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| milch | adj | applied transfig. to the eyes when weeping, milched eyed; lachrymatory, weepy [from OE mielch: milk]
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| milksop | n | a weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person; [OED]
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| mindsee | vb | create by imagination in the mind; imagine [compound mind + see]
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| mire | vb | risk; [OE mære 'limit, border']
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| mirk | n | dark; [from Norse mørket and Danish mørke]
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| mistletoe | n | an evergreen plant with small white fruits and pale yellow flowers which grows on trees, often used as a Christmas decoration; [CED]
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| munding | n | security; [OE mund 'hand palm (of the hand as a measure) trust security protection guardianship']
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