, -bhla, pl. id., f., guile, treachery, subtlety; fraud; flattery.

, -adh, v. intr., I burst forth; I spring up as water (obs.).

, -bhra, -bhrach, f., the mind, the intelligence; sense, memory; as a mheabhair, distracted; as meabhair, out of recollection; de mheabhair, by rote (de ghlan-mheabhair, id.); m. chinn, intellect, brain-power.

, -ail, m., treachery, deceit; gs. meabhail, as a., cf. aisling meabhail (O'Ra.). See <<meabhail>>.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a deceitful man.

, -laighe, a., deceitful, treacherous, fraudulent, malicious.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a crafty, deceitful little person (O'N.).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a a traitor, a deceiver (also a modest, bashful man).

, -a, f., deceit, fraud, treachery.

, -uighthe, m., act of deceiving, defrauding; fraud, deception (also act of shaming, or growing modest).

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I defraud, deceive, betray, beguile, flatter; also I shame, I become shy or modest.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a memorandum, a note-book.

, -ruighthe, pl. id., m., act of thinking, reflecting; meditation, reflection.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a memorandun, a note-book.

, -ruighthe, m., act of remembering, studying, committing to memory.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I recollect, remember, bring to mind, ponder, muse, commit to memory, consider, plan; realise.

, -ain, pl. id., m., any tap-rooted plant, as a carrot, a parsnip; somet. meacan.

, m., elecampane; nom. meaca (Cork).

, m., common parsnip, meacan buidhe, m., a carrot, meacan buidhe an tsléibhe, m., mountain or knot-rooted spurge, (Tithymalus Hibernicus montanus).

, m., great common burdock (lappa major).

, m., comfrey (symphitum officinale).

, m., bugle, wild comfrey root.

, m., female piony.

, m., male piony.

, m., fermertial root.

, m., horse radish.

, m., water-radish.

, m., the turnip (O'N.).

, m., radish (Rhaphanus hortensis).

, m., common parsnip.

, m., wild parsnip.

, m., great bastard black hellebore (Helliborus niger foetidus).

, meacan tuabhail, meacan tuain, m., great common burdock, burr, cloth burr (Arctium lappa).

, m., elecampane (Helenium).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a kitchen gardener; one who sells roots.

, g. meidhe and meadha, pl. meadha, f., a balance, scales; the beam of a weighing machine; a measure; weighing; pron. meádh in M.

, -a, f., mead.

, -aighe, a., abounding in mead.

, -ana, f., act of weighing, measuring, considering.

, -ain, m., force, weight.

(pron. meáidhte), p. a., weighed, measured, considered.

, vl. meadh, meádh, meadhchain, and meádhachtaint, v. tr., I weigh, I balance, I measure; consider, estimate; I reflect on.

, g. meidre, d. meidir, pl. meadra, f., a churn; an Irish quadrangular drinking-cup of one piece, hollowed by a chisel, a "mether."

, f., a merry tour.

, -aighe, a., hilarious.

, -eidhbhe, f., the proper name of a woman; a celebrated queen of Connaught ( = nurtured with mead; soft, tender, P. O'C.).

, -áin, m., intoxication from mead, drunkenness, dizziness (P. O'C.). See míodhbhán.

, g. meidhg and meidhge, m. and f., whey; dpl. miodhgaibh, as from miodhg (O'D.); méadhg (Don.).

, -aighe, a., whey-like, diluted.

, -mhla, a., whey-like, serous, diluted.

, -áin, m., small drink (dim. of meadhg).

, -óige, -óga, f., a short knife, dagger, poniard, dirk; meadóg sceine, a knife like a dagger (miodóg, id.).

(meadhon)

, -óin, m., middle, midst; centre (meadhán in M. sp. l.).

, -aighe, a., middle, moderate; middling, average (also meadhánach); an Cnoc Meadhánach, a townland in Kerry.

, -a, f., mediocrity, moderation.

, m., September.

, m., December.

, m., midday, noon, middle of the day; i meadhón lae, at midday, at noon;

, dinner (O'N. and still usual in S.U.).

, m., midnight; i meadhón oidhche, at midnight.

, -uighthe, m., an averaging, a taking of the mean.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I average, find a mean.

, -aighe, a., merry, glad, joyful, festive, jocund, brisk, lively. See meidhreach.

, -dhartha, m., act of making merry, of being glad, of rejoicing.

, -áin, m., exhilaration, inebriation, intoxication, dizziness; tá meadhrán im cheann, I am suffering from megrim in the head.

, -uighthe, m., act of rejoicing, being glad, making merry.

, -ughadh, v. intr., I rejoice, am glad, make merry.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a weigher.

, -aidh, m., joy, sport, pastime (Der.).

, -lta, m., chewing, grinding. See meilt.

, v. tr., I grind. See meilim.

, -aire, a., that cuts, that chews the cud (from mealaim = meilim, I grind).

, -eilbh, -a, m., a bag, a budget, a satchel.

, -aighe, a., sweet, honey-like (O'N.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a mallow, properly, but with us it is used for a skirret (P. O'C.), a melon.

, -óige, -óga, f., a bag, a budget; an insignificant person.

, indec. a., honeyed.

, g. mill, pl. id., m., a ball, a lump, a substance, a knob, a pommel, a heap, a mass, a cluster, chaos; a knoll, a small hill; m. brághad, apple of the throat; often used in place names, as Meall a' Ghabha, the Smith's Knoll, a townland in Ker.

, -aighe, a., rich, soft, luxurious, palatable, pleasant, good.

, -lta, m., act of deceiving, alluring, enticing, coaxing; deception.

, -adh, v. tr., I deceive, delude, circumvent, entice, beguile, cheat, allure, coax.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a deceiver.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little mound or hill (dim. of meall).

, -óige, -óga, f., the smelt of a fish; fry; a small hill.

, p. a., deceived, defrauded.

, -aighe, a., deceitful, false; coaxing, flattering.

, -a, f., treachery, deception, allurement.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a deceiver, a seducer, a dissembler.

, -a, f., seduction, deceit; playing the cheat.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a mocker.

, a kiss, whence meamacht, meamaim (obs.).

See <<meabhair>>.

, -air, pl. id., m., a part, member, limb (Lat. membrum).

, -aim, pl. id., m., parchment; a scroll.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., an awl (O'N.). In M. sp. l. meanaithe.

, -aigh, m., guts, entrails (U.).

, g. id., pl. -thidhe, m., an awl. See meana.

, g. meinge, pl. -a, f., deceit, fraud, mean device, craft, guile.

, -aighe, a., crafty, deceitful, cunning, discourteous.

, -a, f., sophistry.

, a sly smile (Aran); meangtadh gáire, id. (Don.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a periwinkle shell, a marine shell, a snail, M. (P. O'C.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a bough, a branch, a scion, a graff; blade of a fork (also beangán, beanglán, and meanglán).

, -e, f., act of smiling sarcastically.

, m., a deceitful expression; pl. meang-ráidhte, sophistry.

, f., deceit, treachery, cunning.

, -aighe, a., wicked, deceitful, perfidious.

, g. -an, d. -main, f., mind, courage, spirit, magnanimity, intellect, thought, memory, comfort, consolation, gladness; glac meanma, take heart.

, -aige, a., faint-hearted, weak-spirited.

, f., faint-heartedness.

, -a, f., faint-heartedness; lowness of spirits.

, -aighe, a., glad, joyful; courageous, magnanimous, high-spirited, cheerful, gleeful, in high spirits; mental; virile, nimble.

, -uighthe, m., act of encouraging, gladdening, giving spirit to; merriment, gladness; exhortation, stirring up.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I refresh, cheer, gladden, encourage.

, minne, a., clear, limpid; famous, illustrious, celebrated; manifest; open; also dumb (O'N.); Muir Mheann, the Irish Sea.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a kid.

, m., a jack-snipe (gabhairín reodhtha, id.).

, m., happiness, joy. See méanar, méara.

, meanntalach

See <<meang-thoil>> and <<meang-tholach>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m. a titmouse.

, -uis gháirdín, m., spearmint.

, gsf. mire, a., swift, quick, sudden, lively, cheerful, joyous, merry, sprightly, glad, active; raging, enraged; valiant.

, -raighe, a., excited, raging.

, -a, f., a blunder, an error; blundering; m. céille, madness, great excitement.

, g. id., f., a going astray; the following of a vicious course; madness, frenzy. See <<meascán>>.

, -a, f., folly, error, madness.

, g. id., f., slight acquaintance or knowledge; a smattering; an uncertain knowledge (of a person).

, -aighe, a., of quick storms.

, -a, f., a lie, mistake, error (mearbha, id.) See <<meirbheacht>>.

(gs. of mearbhall as a.), random, haphazard.

, -aill, pl. id., m., error, mistake, random; stupefaction, dizziness; wandering (in mind); ar m., raving, wandering (mentally) astray; urchar mearbhaill, a random shot; is beag d'á mh. orm, I have little doubt about it; tá mearbhall air, he is raving, off his head; tá mearbhall ar an bhfairrge anocht, the sea is raging tonight; mearbhall eolais, a wrong course (esp. in navigation).

, -a, f., error, distraction. See mearbhlacht.

, -aighe, a., erroneous, mistaking, erring.

, -a, f., a state of error or confusion.

, -áin, m., dizziness (Dan.).

, a., swiftly active.

, indec. a., actively brave.

, indec. a., sprightly, quick, active; also raging, mad.

, -a, f., activity, quickness; rage, madness.

, indec. a., foolhardy, rash, impetuous.

, -a, f., foolhardiness, rashness, impetuosity.

, -óige, -óga, f., crawfish.

, m., act of swiftly dropping.

, f., a rapid glance.

, a., perverse, obstinate; spirited, brisk; gallant, sportive, wanton.

, m., sudden, violent love; fondness, excessive love.

, -aighe, a., actively courageous, of courageous action.

, f., brackish water (Aran).

-uighthe, pl. id., f., confusion, agitation; a wandering, an error, a straying; astonishment; want of judgment, desolation; m. mara, stress of weather.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a fool, an idiot.

, -ughadh, u. tr., I touch, handle.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I set astray, baffle; I mistake, err, go astray.

, p. a., desolate, reprobate; astonished, baffled, mistaken.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a baffler, a confounder; an abettor.

, -a and -ta, m., act of thinking, judging, estimating; thought, estimation, opinion; an idea, a consideration; knowledge; esteem, regard, respect, reputation; conceit; fá mheas, esteemed; droich-mheas, disrespect; níl aon mheas agam air, I do not esteem him, I think little of him; ruidín gan mheas is eadh é, he is a low contemptible fellow; cad é do mheas air sin, what do you think of that? bíodh meas agat ort féin, have self-respect.

, -a, pl. id., m., fruit, produce of the earth, sea, lakes, rivers, trees, etc.; cf. meas talmhan, meas loch agus abhann, meas darach or daire, 7c., meas daire ar gach coill (O'Ra.), particularly acorns; meas fáighe, beech-mast; somet. fig. of offspring, descendants; pl. also measanna.

, -a, m., a surveyor's measure; a rod used for measuring a grave.

, worse, compar. of olc, bad; is measa cáil, of the worst character. See <<miste>>.

(= measta, with t slurred over?), used as follows: is measa liom mo mháthair ná

, -aighe, a., fruitful, copious, fecund, abounding in fish (of rivers).

, -sta, m., a (high) opinion (Kea.).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., an appraiser, a valuator.

. -a, f., the business of a valuator, valuation.

, vl. meas, v. tr. (often with a clause go or ná as object), I think, deem, fancy, judge, consider, regard, value, esteem, estimate, suppose, calculate, tax, weigh, count.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an appraiser or judge.

, -mhla, a., estimable, respectable, reputable, esteemed.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a lap-dog.

, indec. a., measured, temperate, frugal, sober, modest, moderate, content.

, -a, f., moderation, temperance, discretion, sobriety.

, midst; i measc (with gen.) in the midst of, amidst, among, amongst, between; governs gen.: 'n-a measc, amongst them.

, -ctha, -cuighthe, m., act of disturbing, perturbation, mixing, mingling, stirring.

, -adh, v. tr., I stir, move, excite, confuse, perturb; mix (with, ar); mingle.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a disturber, an agitator.

, -mhla, a., perturbing, intoxicating (of drinks).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a mixture; a ball, a lump; particularly a lump of butter, etc.; meascadh mearbhaill, delusion, infatuation; meascán mearaidhe, a source of confusion or disturbance, also will-o'-the-wisp.

, f., a fruit-tree.

, -iughadh, v. intr., I gather acorns or any fruit.

, m., the gathering of fruit, especially of acorns.

, p. a., mingled, mixed, confused; grizzled.

, -aighe, a., apt to mix or mingle.

, f., a lap-dog, a hound.

, m., a lap-dog; fig., an impudent or ill-mannered person; meas-mhaidrín, id.

, -óige, -óga, f., an acorn; a berry; a bud.

, -aighe, a., fishy.

, -e, f. (coll.), fruit.

, indec. a., estimable.

-uighthe, m., act of making temperate or moderate; act of measuring, likening, comparing.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I temper; I make temperate or moderate; I liken, compare, measure.

, part. nec. (of measaim), probable, likely; estimable. See measa.

, m., tutsan, park leaves (hypericum androsemum).

, indec. a., esteemed, valued.

, -eithe, a., weak; meath-rabhartha, a weak spring-tide at the new moon (Aran); meath-theine, a weak, slow fire.

, m., decay, decline, withering, failure (e.g. of crops, of a tree, of a person in health, etc.; cf.: Fiche bliadhan ag teacht, Fiche bliadhan go maith, Fiche bliadhan ag meath, Fiche bliadhan gan rath. 20 years growing, 20 years well, 20 years failing, 20 years useless, (human life).

, vl. meath and meathadh, v. tr., I pine, decay, degenerate. waste, fail, languish.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a twig, a wicker, a sapling, a weakling; meathán créithir nó ridhléin, a sword-chip or split in the bottom of a sieve or riddle.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a declining child; a faint-hearted person; a coward, a dastard, a sluggard.

, -ais, m., consumption.

, m., a sea-rush or whisk-straw.

, m., a smile.

, -aidh, pl. id., m., a spending, a consuming (pron. meathlódh).

, g. id., pl. -dheanna, m., a reaper (E. U.); cf. is doiligh corrán maith fhagháil do dhroich-mheathlaidhe (from meitheal, orig. a band of reapers).

, -a, f., reaping.

, -uighthe, m., act of fainting, growing weak; act of failing; failure in crops, etc.; Bliadhain an Mheathluighthe, the year of the Failure or Famine.

, -ughadh, v. intr., I faint or die; I grow weak or feeble; sink under cold or disease;má mheathluigheann ort, if you fail.

, m., ordinary tide; a weak spring tide.

, p. a., decayed, failed (of crops); timid, feeble, cowardly; meaithte (Don.).

, -aighe, a., perishable, decaying, soft, cowardly; as subs., a degenerate person, a coward, a dastard.

, -a, f., fear, cowardice, degeneracy.

, -bhle, f., shame, disgrace, treachery.

, -lighe, a., treacherous.

, -e, f., act of bleating.

(?), a person, a member; gach aon mheidhill aca, every soul of them; gach aon mheidhill (mheidhle) riamh aca, every single soul in the company (Ker.); níl aon mheidhill beo aca, not a living soul of them.

, g. -dhreach, and -dhre, f., joy, mirth, jollity; music of hounds hunting in full cry.

, -righe, f., festive.

, -e, f., mirth, pleasure, joy.

, -sighe, a., merry, jolly, pleasant, exuberant, frolicsome.

, -e, f., discord, contention.

, f., the peculiar cry or "meg" of a goat.

, -gid, pl. id., m., a goat's chin and beard. See meigeall.

, -aighe, f., the bleating of a goat (U.).

, -ach, v. intr., I bleat (as a goat).

, -gill, m., the beard on the chin; a goat's beard.

, -aighe, a., bearded, having a scraggy or irregular beard like a goat.

, -aighe, -a, f., the bleating of goats.

, -lach, v. intr., I bleat (as a goat).

, -lighe, -leacha, f., the bleating of goats. See meigeallach.

, g. id., pl. -lidhe, f., a hand-mill.

, -lt, v. tr., I grind, pound, bruise, produce; tell of; I waste (as time).

, g. id., f., hedge-mustard (O'N.).

, -e, f., clack of a mill; a cheek; a protruding or hanging lip; imthigheann an spréidh leis an bhfaill, is fanann an mheill ar an mnaoi, the dowry of cattle fall from the cliff and perish, but the protruding lip remains on the wife (against marrying a deformed woman for her dowry).

, -e, f., deceit (N. Con.); cf. meallaim, 7c.

, -mighe, a., deceitful (N. Con.).

, -naigh, m., a kind of seaweed.

, -e, f., act of grinding; fig. uttering, talking constantly; also casting or hurling.

, -tighe, a., hurling, casting.

, -a, f., act of grinding, milling.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a grinder, a miller.

, -a, f., grinding, milling.

, -sighe, -seacha, f., a kid of a year old; meinnsín and meinnseog, id.

, -e, a., slow, enervated, weak, spiritless, feeble, silly; mild, soft, sultry (of weather), meirbhe, g. id., f., weakness, folly, want of spirit, dullness; a lie, a mistake.

, -a, f., weakness, feebleness, deadness.

See meirbhe.

, -liughadh, v. intr., I grow powerless, become weak.

, indec. a., pale-coloured.

, -lighthe, m., debility. powerlessness, weakness of body.

, m., act of hobbling slowly.

, -e, f., rust, stain; reproach; meirg iarainn, iron rust.

, g. id., pl. -gidhe, m., an ensign, a standard; a veil,; mantle, cloak; meirge cheoigh, a fog rising out of a marsh or along a river in the evening.

, -gighe, a., rusty, musty; angry-looking.

, -gthe, m., a rusting.

, -gill, m., roughness, ruggedness.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an ensign (O'N.). See meirge.

, -úin, pl. id., m., a gosshawk, a merlin.

, -nighe, a., dispirited, weak, feeble, fatigued; meirtnighe, id.

, -ais, m., feebleness, weakness, discourasement.

, g. id., f., dejection, low spirits.

, -niughadh, v. tr. and intr., I faint; I discourage.

, p. a., enfeebled; betrayed.

, -ighthe, m., a betraying.

, -raighe, a., of drunken speech.

, g. id., f., intoxication, drunkenness, drinking, exhilaration from drink; ar m., drunk, intoxicated, exhilarated; fear meisce, a drunkard.

, -mhla, a., drunken, given to drink, intoxicating.

, -a, f., drunkenness, intoxication.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a drunkard, an inebriate.

, -nighe, a., drunk, fuddled, intoxicated.

, -a, f., act of milking (from meis); cf. meistear na ba, let the cows be milked (O'N.) (obs.).

, -a, f., estimation, appraisement (from meas).

, g. -nighe and -nigh, m. and f., (in M. m.), courage, spirit, manliness; liveliness, strength; tá breis mheisnigh air indiu, he is improved today (said of a patient); cionnus atá an meisneach? how are you today? (W. Ker.); múscail do mheisneach, a Bhanbha, O Banbha, waken up thy self-confidence (Kea.); fear meisnigh chúcha, the man of courage is the man for them (said in card-playing); somet. misneach.

, -mhla, a., courageous, self-confident, hopeful, high-spirited, virile.

, -a, f., courage, fortitude, magnanimity.

, -iughadh v. tr., I comfort; cherish; encourage.

, p. a., encouraged.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., an encourager, an abettor.

-ighthe, m., act of encouraging, giving confidence to; courage, confidence.

, -thle, pl. id. and -thleacha, f., a band of reapers; a concourse; a number of men employed at any special work, as haymaking, turf-cutting, etc.

, -thimh, m., June (the middle month of Summer). The gen. Meitheamhan is now obs.

and meithíneach

, m., sea-rushes, or whisk straw (O'N.).

, -ain, pl. id., m., the middle, the mean. See meadhón.

, -naighe, a., middle; go m., middling (in health) (Clare). See meadhónach.

, -oin, m., the mind; the fancy; one's nature; a whim, a freak of fancy; is meon liom é, it is my desire.

, -aighe, a., capricious, fanciful.

, -air, m., a short space of time (Con.).