• MEG
n. 1. 17C sl. – a prostitute
n. 2. 1778 sl. – talk, conversation
n. 3. 1781 sl. – a halfpenny
n. 4. 1801 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a woman; a country girl
n. 5. 1825 Sc. – a hand, generally a large ungainly one; a paw
n. 6. a1838 Sc. – the flipper of a seal
n. 7. 1869 Eng. dial. – a pet lamb
n. 8. Bk1903 sl. – £1
n. 9. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a magpie
n. 10. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an ugly or ill-dressed person
n. 11. 1959 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
vb. 1. 1810 – to chatter; to talk loquaciously
vb. 2. 1878 Eng. dial. – to peer about
• MEGA
adj. 1969 UK sl. – great, successful, excellent, special
• MEGABLAST
n. 1993 US drug culture sl. – a dose of crack cocaine
• MEGABUCK
adj. 1992 US sl. – very expensive
• MEGABUCKS
n. 1946 sl., orig. US – a large amount of money
• MEGA DIRTBALL
n. 1989 US sl. – a hospital patient with an appalling lack of hygiene
• MEGALOMANIA
n. Bk1991 – an obsession with extravagant or grand actions
• MEGALOPHONOUS
adj. 1. 1819 Burlesque nonce word – of imposing sound
adj. 2. 1823 – having a loud voice
• MEGAPOLIS
n. 1638 nonce word obs. – a chief or principal city; a metropolis
• MEG DORTS
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a pettish young woman
• MEGG
n. 1959 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• MEGGAR
vb. 1856 Eng. dial. – to improve, to get better; to recover from an illness, etc.; to get over an illness
• MEGGIE
n. 1959 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• MEGGIFICATION
n. 1838 Sc. – ? a lie, an untruth
• MEGGS
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – teeth
n. 2. 1959 US drug culture sl. – marijuana
• MEGGY
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a moth
• MEGGY-MONY-FEET
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a centipede
• MEGGY-MONY-LEGS
n. 1846 Sc. – a centipede
• MEGGY-OWLER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a butterfly; a large moth
• MEGH
n. 1791 Sc. obs. – ? the big toe
• MEG-HARRY
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – a young girl with masculine manners; a tomboy; a rough hoyden girl that plays with boys
n. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – an hermaphrodite
• MEGISTY!
int. 1822 Sc. – a mild expletive or exclamation of surprise, wonder, etc.
• MEG-MANY-FEET
n. 1846 N. Ireland & Sc. – a centipede
• MEG-MANY-LEGS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a centipede
• MEG O’ MONY-FEET
n. 1824 Sc. – a centipede
• MEG-OWLET
n. 1870 Eng. dial. – an owl
• MEGRIM
n. 1. 1831 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural
n. 2. 1933 Amer. dial. – a severe one-sided headache, a migraine
• MEGRIMS
n. 1890 Eng. dial. – antics, tricks; gesticulations; grimaces
• MEGRUM
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – a severe one-sided headache, a migraine
• MEG’S DELIGHT
n. 1874 Eng. dial. – great fun
• MEG’S DIVERSIONS
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – tricks, frolics, rattling fun
• MEGSTY ME!
int. 1822 Sc. – a mild expletive or exclamation of surprise, wonder, etc.
• MEG-ULLAT
n. 1870 Eng. dial. – an owl
• MEG WI’-MANY-FEET
n. 1877 Sc. – a centipede
• MEG WI’-THE-MANY-FEET
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a centipede
• MEG-WITH-THE-WAD
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – a will-o’-the-wisp
• MEID
n. 1724 Sc. – mood, disposition; bearing, courage
• MEISE
vb. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to mix or unite in one mass; to incorporate
• MEISLE
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a small piece
vb. 1. 1824 Sc. – to eat little and slowly; to crumble up in eating
vb. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – to waste imperceptibly; to disappear gradually; to expend in a trifling manner
• MEISLEN
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a very small piece
vb. 1. Bk1905 Sc. – to eat little and very slowly
vb. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – to consume or waste away by slow degrees
• MEITCH
vb. 1884 Eng. dial. – to measure; to compare
• MEJOGE
n. Bk1903 sl. – 1 shilling
• MEL
n. 1864 Eng. dial. – honey
• MELANCHOLIAN
adj. 1. 1340 obs. – melancholy
adj. 2. 1390 obs. – addicted to causeless anger; ill-tempered
n. 1632 obs. – one affected with melancholy or a gloomy state of mind
• MELANCHOLICO
n. 1676 obs. – a hypochondriac
• MELANCHOLIOUS
adj. c1384 rare – affected with melancholy; gloomy, mournful
• MELANCHOLIZE
vb. 1597 now rare or obs. – to be or become melancholy; to become gloomy in mind; to make melancholy
• MELANCHOLY
adj. 1. 1877 Eng. dial. – very unsatisfactory
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – insane; mad with anger
adj. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – peevish
n. 1. 1898 Sc. – mischief
n. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – love-sickness
• MELANCHOLY AS A GYB-CAT
adj. 1596 – very melancholy (gyb-cat = male cat)
• MELANDER
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – a disturbance; an accident; a misfortune
• MELARKEY
n. 1946 Amer. sl. – a dolt
• MELCH
adj. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – modest
adj. 2. 1790 Eng. dial. – mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft
• MELCH-HEARTED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – gentle, diffident, timid, poor-spirited
• MELDA
n. 1892 – weeds → Sc.
• MELDER
n. 1. 1790 – a heap; a large quantity → Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1905 – entanglement; mental confusion → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MELDERED
adj. 1905 – mixed, entangled → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MELDROP
n. 1. 1480 – a drop of mucus hanging from the nose → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1480 – the foam which falls from a horse’s mouth, or the drop at the bit → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1500 – the drop at the end of an icicle → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 4. 1800 – a dew-drop; any drop in a pendant state → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MELE
n. 1400 – an apple, an apple tree → obs.
• MELE KALIKIMAKA!
int. 1950 – Merry Christmas! → Hawaii
• MELGREAVE
n. 1781 – a quicksand → Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELIORATE
vb. 1542 – to make better, to improve, to ameliorate; to grow better
• MELIORIZE
vb. 1598 – to make better; to improve; to grow better
• MELISSOPHOBIA
n. 1991 – an intense fear of bees (Bk.)
• MELL
adj. 1905 – of the weather: mild → Sc. (Bk.)
n. 1. 1641 – a heavy fist → Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1641 – a mallet; a hammer; generally of wood → Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1747 – the prize given to the last one in a race; the last in any contest → Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. 1829 – a blow with a mallet or any heavy weapon → Sc.
n. 5. 1859 – the middle → Sc.
n. 6. 1888 – a company → Sc.
n. 7. 1905 – a big, strong, stupid person → Sc. (Bk.)
prep. 1905 – between → Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. 1787 – to mix; to mingle → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. 1787 – to hammer; to strike with a ‘mell’ or with the fist; to beat severely; to pound; to bruise → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 3. 1790 – to meddle; to interfere; to join in battle → Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. 1878 – to match, to equal → Sc.
vb. 5. 1903 – to possess carnally → sl. (Bk.)
vb. 6. 1905 – of a cat: to mew → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MELL ALONG
vb. 1966 – to go about aimlessly → Amer. dial.
• MELLER
n. 1. 1450 – a person who meddles, interferes, or deals in something; a person who is involved in some affair → obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. 1915 – a melodrama → US colloq.
vb. 1862 – to strike, to hit, to beat → Amer. dial.
• MELLET
n. 1905 – a small wooden hammer; a mallet → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MELLETTER
n. 1905 – a surprise; a surprising thing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MELLGRAVE
n. 1781 – a quicksand → Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELL-HEAD
n. 1905 – a blockhead; an oaf → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MELL-HEADED
adj. 1905 – large and square-headed; stupid → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MELLIFY
vb. 1420 – to make honey; to sweeten with honey → obs.
• MELLILOQUENT
adj. 1656 – speaking sweetly or pleasantly → obs.
• MELLISONANT
adj. 1634 – sweet-sounding → arch.
• MELL OF A HESS
n. 1942 – disorder → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• MELL OR MAKE
vb. 1825 – to interfere with → Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELLOW
adj. 1. 1611 – drunk → euphemism
adj. 2. 1942 – delightful, pleasing → US sl.
vb. 1895 – to beat, to hit, to strike. to pummel → Amer. dial.
• MELLOWISH
adj. 1813 – slightly intoxicated → Sc.
• MELLOW OUT
vb. 1974 – to relax, to take it easy; usually applied to relaxing under the influence of a drug → US sl.
• MELLOW YELLOW
n. 1967 – banana peel used as an intoxicant → US drug culture sl.
• MELLSCOPE
n. 1905 – a confirmed dunce; a wooden-headed or stupid person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MELL’S MAN
n. 1890 – a stonemason; one who can handle a ‘mell’ → Eng. dial.
• MELLY
adj. 1863 – mellow; fig. pleasant, tender → Sc.
• MELOMANIA
n. 1991 – an abnormal liking for music and melody (Bk.)
• MELON
n. 1. 1908 – large profits to be shared between a number of people → sl.
n. 2. 1919 – the head → Amer. sl.
n. 3. 1934 – an especially unexpected profit; a windfall; in finance, an extra dividend → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1953 – a woman’s breast → Amer. sl.
n. 5. 1980 – in baseball: a ball that is easy to hit or catch on the fly → Amer. sl.
• MELONHEAD
n. 1932 – a blockhead; a stupid person → Amer. sl.
• MELONS
n. 1953 – the breasts, esp. large breasts → sl., orig. US
• MELSH
adj. 1790 – mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft → Eng. dial.
• MELT
int. 1960 – leave! get lost! → US sl.
n. 1. 1867 – courage; recklessness → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1905 – the tongue → Ireland & Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. 1785 – to make a person or animal sink suddenly under a blow to the side; to knock, to bruise → Sc.
vb. 2. 1843 – of money: to spend in drink → Sc.
vb. 3. 1905 – to waste away → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. 1950 – to get lost, to leave → Amer. sl.
• MELTED
adj. 1. ..20C – drunk → sl.
adj. 2. ..20C – having expended all one’s money on drink → sl.
adj. 3. 2000 – tired → Irish sl.
• MELTED BUTTER
n. 1. ..18C – semen → sl.
n. 2. 1950 – an attractive woman, esp. a Mulatto → African-American sl.
• MELTED OUT
adj. 1930 – without money, and hence, desperate → African-American sl.
• MELTING MOMENTS
n. 1. 19C – two fat people having sexual intercourse → sl.
n. 2. L19 – ardent, intense passion → sl.
• MELTING POT
n. 19C – the vagina → sl.
• MELTING POT RECEIVER
n. L18 – a receiver of stolen silver plate who melts down the stolen goods, thus rendering them untraceable → UK criminals’ sl.
• MELTITH
n. 1768 – a meal → Sc.
• MELTITH-HALE
adj. 1842 – having a good appetite → Sc.
• MELT ONE’S BUTTER
vb. 1986 – to please one → Amer. dial.
• MELT ONE’S GREASE
vb. M19 – to work very hard → sl.
• MELT ONE’S MAGS
vb. 1779 – to drink one’s tips → Sc.
• MELTON HOT DAY
n. L19 – a very hot day → sporting sl.
• MELT THE WAX
vb. 1950s – to smoke opium → US drug culture sl.
• MELVIN
n. 1. 1954 – a person who is old-fashioned or unappealing; a dull, uninformed, or obnoxious person; a profoundly objectionable person → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1989 – the act of reaching into another person’s belt, and either grabbing the underwear or the belt and lifting the person off the ground; a wedgie → Amer. dial.
• MEM
n. 1867 – Madam, Ma’am → Sc.
• MEMALOOSE
adj. 1938 – dead → Chinook jargon
n. 1938 – death → Chinook jargon
vb. 1967 – to leave in a hurry → Amer. dial.
• MEMBER
n. 1. 1867 – a devout church member → African-American usage
n. 2. 1896 – a person, an individual → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1960 – a good friend, a member of the ‘in crowd’ → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1964 – a Black person → US sl.
• MEMBER-MUG
n. 1896 – a chamber-pot → sl. (Bk.)
• MEMBRETOON
n. 17C- the penis
• MÉMÈRE
n. 1961 – a grandmother → Amer. dial.
• MEMOIR
n. 1872 – a remembrance, recollection → Eng. dial.
• MEMORANDUM
n. 1. 1810 – a memorial inscription → Sc.
n. 2. 1905 – a memento, remembrance → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MEMORIAL DAY FLOWER
n. 1969 – a peony → Amer. dial.
• MEMORIAL TIMES
n. 1933 – days long past → Amer. dial.
• MEMORIOUS
adj. 1. 1599 – having a good memory; mindful of → obs.
adj. 2. 1883 – memorable, worthy to be remembered → obs.
• MEMORIZE
vb. 1924 – to remember, to bring to mind → Amer. dial.
• MEMORY BOX
n. 1990 – the mind → Aust. sl.
• MEMORY GEM
n. 1897 – a brief text, as a verse, proverb, etc. committed to memory → Amer. dial.
• MEMPHIS DOMINOES
n. 1942 – dice → US jocular usage
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