• MAT
n. 1. L18 colloq. – a woman, a wife
n. 2. L18 sl. – a prostitute
n. 3. a1894 Eng. dial. – a thick woollen bed covering, generally wrought into a pattern
n. 4. E19 sl. – a criminal’s accomplice; a female criminal
n. 5. M19 sl. – a public house or lodging-house landlady
n. 6. M19 sl. – a short cropped beard
n. 7. L19 sl. – the mons veneris; hence, the vagina
n. 8. L19 sl. – pubic hair, whether male or female
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to fit; to correspond
vb. 2. 1948 Brit. sl. – to reprimand
• MA-TA
n. Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin – mother
• MATAEOLOGIAN
n. 1653 obs. – one who discourses vainly, one who indulges in nonsense
• MATAEOLOGICAL
adj. 1716 obs. – vain; nonsensical
• MATAEOLOGUE
n. 1716 obs. – an unprofitable talker, one who indulges in nonsense
• MATAEOLOGY
n. 1656 – a vain, useless, or unprofitable discourse; foolish words, nonsense
• MATAEOTECHNY
n. 1576 obs. – an unprofitable science
• MATASH
n. 1898 Sc. – a moustache
• MATCH
n. 1. a831 obs. – a husband or wife; a mate, a consort, a lover; also, said of animals
n. 2. c975 obs. – one’s equal in age, rank, station, etc.; one’s fellow, companion
n. 3. 1377 obs. – the wick of a candle or lamp
n. 4. c1400 obs. – an opponent, an antagonist, a rival
n. 5. 1569 obs. – an agreement; an appointment; a bargain, a compact
n. 6. 1574 obs. – the action of marrying; relationship by marriage
n. 7. c1595 obs. – a small torch used for giving light
n. 8. L19 Amer. dial. – the female genitals
n. 9. L19 Amer. dial. – the penis
vb. 1. a1300 obs. – to make an agreement with
vb. 2. a1400-50 obs. – to meet in combat, to fight with
vb. 3. c1470 obs. – to associate, to join in companionship or cooperation; to put together so as to form a pair or set with another person or thing
vb. 4. 1580 obs. – to regard, treat, or speak of as equal
vb. 5. a1649 obs. rare – to compare in respect of similarity; to examine the likeness or difference of
vb. 6. 1798 Sc. – to marry, mate
vb. 7. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to manage; to master
• MATCHABLE
adj. 1. 1572 obs. – comparable; equal; similar, analogous
adj. 2. 1611 obs. – suitable, well-suited, accordant
• MATCH DOPE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to exchange views, to compare ideas
• MATCHET
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a popular name for a cart-horse, that is a mare
• MATCH-HAWKERS
n. 1844 Eng. dial. – a nickname for the people of Otley, Yorkshire
• MATCHING CARPET AND DRAPES
phr. 1999 US sl. – applied to a person, usually a woman, whose hair is neither bleached nor dyed
• MATCHING COLLARS AND CUFFS
phr. 1984 US sl. – applied to a person, usually a woman, whose hair is neither bleached nor dyed
• MATCHLY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs. – exactly alike; fitting together
adv. 1691 Eng. dial. obs. – perfectly; well; mightily
• MATCHMAKER
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – an umbrella
• MATCH-PARTY
n. 1881 Ireland – a person who arranges marriages
• MATCHRUPTCY
n. 20C US sl. – a divorce
• MATE
n. 1. c1380 chiefly Brit., Aust., & NZ – a friend, usually of the same sex; often used between males in direct address
n. 2. L19 Amer. dial. – the male or female genitals
vb. 1. 17C – to copulate; to marry
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to match, to equal
• MATED
adj. 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial. – confused, bewildered
• MATED-OUT
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – exhausted with fatigue
• MATELOT
n. 1903 sl., chiefly Brit. – a sailor
• MATELY
adj. 1822 rare – friendly, sociable, intimate
• MATEOLOGIAN
n. 1653 rare – one who discourses or speculates vainly or fruitlessly; one who indulges in nonsense; an empty talker
• MATEOLOGIE
n. 1656 – vain or unprofitable discourse, nonsense
• MATEOTECHNY
n. 1576 obs. – an unprofitable science
• MATER
n. 16C Brit. public school sl. – mother (often facetious)
• MATER BUMP
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a small infected pimple that forms usually on the face
• MATERIAL
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. – good, excellent
• MATE’S RATES
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – preferential rates of payment offered to a friend
• MATEY
adj. 1915 colloq. – friendly or intimate; on good terms
n. 1833 colloq. – a friend or fellow; usually used in direct address
• MATHEMATICIAN
n. 1722 US – an astrologer
• MATHER
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to turn round before lying down, as an animal does
• MATHUM
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a fool, a stupid person; a blockhead
• MATIE
n. 1880 Sc. & Eng. dial. – an immature herring; a fat herring
• MATILDA
n. 1880 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a vagrant’s pack; a rolled up blanket; a swag
• MATILDA-WALTZER
n. 1880 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a tramp
• MATILOT
n. Bk1905 Sc. – the common housefly, Musca domestica
• MATLEY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – equal; alike
• MATLO
n. 1. 1903 sl., chiefly Brit. – a sailor
n. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – the common housefly, Musca domestica
• MATLOW
n. 1903 sl., chiefly Brit. – a sailor
• MAT ONTO
vb. 1914 Amer. dial. – to latch onto; to take hold of
• MATRIARCHY
n. Bk1991 – a society organized with the mother or oldest female as head of the family, tribe, or clan
• MATRIMONIAL PEACEMAKER
n. L18 Brit. colloq. – the penis
• MATRIMONY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a mixture of gin and whisky, or gin and rum
• MATRIX
n. 1. 16C – the female genitals
n. 2. 16C – the uterus
• MATT
n. 1983 Amer. dial. – the stuff in the corner of your eyes when you wake up in the morning
• MATTER
n. 1. 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a number, quantity; a quantity of food
n. 2. 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial. – information
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to know, to have knowledge of
• MATTERABLE
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – important; of consequence
• MATTER A DIFFERENCE
vb. 1934 Amer. dial. – to be of no importance or consequence
• MATTERATE
vb. 1917 Amer. dial. – to form or discharge pus; to suppurate
• MATTERED
adj. 1590 – full of pus
• MATTER-FANGLED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – in incipient dotage; muddle-headed, confused
• MATTERLESS
adj. 1. 1760 Eng. dial. – indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested
adj. 2. 1794 Eng. dial. – incapable; incompetent; helpless; shiftless
adj. 3. 1870 Eng. dial. – unimportant, immaterial
• MATTERY
adj. 1. 1398 – containing pus
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – wordy, loquacious
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to discharge pus
• MATTLE
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to match, to mate
vb. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – to nibble
• MATTLER
n. 1841 Eng. dial. – the match to anything; the fellow, the equal
• MATTRESS
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl. – a heavy beard
n. 2. 20C US colloq. – a woman
n. 3. M20 US sl. – a prostitute
• MATTRESS POLO
n. 1931 Amer. jocular usage – copulation
• MATTY
adj. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. – matted, twisted, interwoven
• MATUTINAL ERECTION
n. 20C – a morning erection
• MATUTINARY
adj. 1858 rare – occurring or performed in the morning, early
• MAUD
n. 1. 1896 Amer. sl. – a woman or an effeminate man
n. 2. 1935 Amer. dial. – a name for a female mule or donkey; rarely for a cow
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. circus sl. – a mule deer
n. 4. M20 Brit. sl. – a male prostitute
• MAUDLING-DRUNK
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – in a maudlin condition from drink
• MAUD MULE
n. 1935 Amer. dial. – a mare mule
• MAUGH
n. 1. 1684 Eng. dial. obs. – a brother-in-law; a near connection
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a companion; a partner, a colleague
• MAUGER
adj. 1. 1890 Amer. dial. – lean, thin, peaked, sickly, weak in appearance
adj. 2. 1941 Amer. dial. – lazy
• MAUGHT
n. 1. 1773 Sc. – might, strength, ability
n. 2. 1898 Sc. – an effort
• MAUGHTLESS
adj. 1742 Sc. – feeble, wanting bodily strength
• MAUGHTLESSLY
adv. 1880 Sc. – feebly, impotently
• MAUGHTLY
adv. 1899 Sc. – strongly, mightily
• MAUGHTY
adj. 1768 Sc. – mighty, powerful
• MAUGRE
n. 1845 Sc. – ill-will, bad feeling; vexation, blame; hurt, injury
• MAUI
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – a variety of marijuana supposedly grown on the Hawaiian island of Maui
• MAUI WAUI; MAUI WOWEE; MAUI WOWIE
n. 1970s US drug culture sl. – a potent variety of marijuana grown in Maui, Hawaii
• MAUK
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to mimic, to mock
• MAUKINESS
n. Bk1905 Sc. – the state of being full of maggots
• MAUKIN-MAD
adj. 1787 Sc. – mad as a March hare
• MAUL
n. 1. 1898 Eng. dial. – a gull
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a harassment, vexation; an infliction
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a moth
n. 4. c1960 Amer. dial. – a chicken leg
vb. 1. 1821 Eng. dial. – to toil; to drag along wearily
vb. 2. L19 US students’ sl. – to have a very passionate petting session
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to fatigue, to tire out; to harass, to vex
• MAUL AND WEDGES
n. M19 US sl. – one’s possessions, one’s goods
• MAUL DRAG
vb. 1917 Amer. dial. – to beat and drag about a person
• MAULDY
adj. 1910s Aust. sl. – left-handed
• MAULED
adj. L17 sl. – very drunk
• MAULER
n. 1. 1820 sl. – the hand; the fist
n. 2. 1950s sl. – brass knuckles
n. 3. 20C US sl. – a boxer
• MAULEY
n. 1. 1780 sl. – a fist, a hand
n. 2. 1851 sl. – the ‘hand’ that one writes; handwriting; the signature
n. 3. M19 sl. – a finger; usually used in plural
• MAUL-HAULY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – heavy, troublesome, tedious
• MAULIE
n. 1. L18 sl. – the hand, a fist
n. 2. M19 sl. – a signature; handwriting
n. 3. M19 sl. – a finger; usually used in plural
• MAULING
adj. Bk1905 Sc. – tiring, fatiguing, wearying
• MAULLY
n. 1759 Anglo-Indian – one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener
• MAULMAS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a fat woman in dirty finery
• MAUL RAILS
vb. 1884 Amer. dial. – to make oneself ridiculous
• MAULS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the hands; the fingers
• MAUL-SCRAWL
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – the common green caterpillar
• MAULY
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a woman without energy; one who makes much fuss and accomplishes very little; generally used of a young woman
• MAU-MAU
vb. 1970 US sl. – to intimidate
• MAUMER
n. 1838 Amer. dial. obs. – an older Black woman, esp. a child’s nurse
• MAUMING AND GLAUMING
n. M18 sl. – pawing in an amorous or sexual manner
• MAUMISH
adj. 1. 1580 – nauseating, rotten, mawkish → obs.
adj. 2. 1866 – over-sensitive, easily offended
• MAUND
n. 1. 17C UK criminals’ sl. – begging; hence, a begging ruse, such as a fake sore
n. 2. 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a basket, a hamper
vb. 16C UK criminals’ sl. – to ask or require; hence, to beg
• MAUND ABRAHAM
vb. 1610 sl. obs. – to feign illness in order to avoid work; to malinger
• MAUND ABRAM
vb. 17C sl. – to beg while posing as a madman
• MAUNDER
n. 1. 1720 – a beggar
n. 2. 1867 Eng. dial. – kind, variety
n. 3. 1870 Sc. – a gossip; a babbler
vb. 1. c1610 Brit. sl. – to beg
vb. 2. 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to talk idly and incoherently; to mumble; to grumble; to threaten in an undertone; to muse, to ponder
vb. 3. 1819 Eng. dial. – to wander about in a confused, aimless, or melancholy fashion; to miss one’s way; to walk unsteadily; to act in a helpless, imbecile manner
vb. 4. 1872 Eng. dial. – to order about n a dictatorial fashion; to scold
• MAUNDERER
n. 1. c1610 Brit. sl. – a professional beggar
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a grumbler; one who talks in his sleep
• MAUNDERING
adj. 1. c1610 sl. – begging; given to begging
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – listless; idle; helpless
• MAUNDERING BROTH
n. L17 sl. – a scolding
• MAUNDERING TOOLS
n. E17 sl. – items used to enhance one’s begging image and thus gain more sympathy and alms
• MAUNDER ON THE FLY
vb. E17 Brit. sl. – to beg in the streets
• MAUNDING
n. 1610 Brit. sl. – the act of begging; an act of begging
• MAUNDING COVE
n. E17 sl. – a beggar
• MAUNDREL
n. 1814 Sc. – a gossip; a babbler
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to babble
• MAUNDRELS
n. 1791 Sc. – idle tales; foolish, feverish fancies
• MAUNDRING-BROTH
n. L17 Brit. sl. – a scolding
• MAUNGE
n. 1. 1876 Eng. dial. – a confused mess, a mess, a muddle; a blunder, a dilemma, trouble
n. 2. 1889 Eng. dial. – a fit of ill humour
vb. 1. 1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to munch, to chew, to masticate; to eat greedily
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to be in a despondent, complaining mood; to be dissatisfied
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to pet; to ‘cocker up’
• MAUNGE ABOUT
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to go about listlessly
• MAUNGY
adj. 1865 Eng. dial. – spoiled, petted, pampered; cross, peevish, ill-tempered; complaining
• MAUNSEL; MAUNSELL; MAUNSIL; MAUNSILL
n. 1876 Eng. dial. – a fat, dirty, slovenly woman
• MAUNT
vb. 1721 Sc. – to stammer
• MAUNTLY
adv. 1851 Eng. dial. – greatly; very much
• MAUPS
n. 1866 Eng. dial. – a stupid person
• MAUSE
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. – to ponder upon; to gaze at; to admire
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