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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Mich, Myche, (Myth), v. [ME. (Gower) and e.m.E. miche, mycke (and see also Michar(e n. and Miching vbl. n.), appar. OF. muchier, mucier tr. to hide, intr. to lurk.] tr. To pilfer, filch, steal. Also comb. in myche-muttoun, appar. = sheepstealer. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 241 (M).
Myche muttoun, byt buttoun 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 40.
The myllar mythis the multyr with a met skant For droucht had drunkyn vp his dam in the dry ȝeir

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