A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Moudefow, n. [Perh. a compound of moudé, ? voiced var. of Muttie n., and -fow, var., with usual -ow for -ull, of the suffix -full as in dischfull etc.] ? The fill of a ‘muttie’, a muttieful. —1675 Forbes Baron Ct. 300.
The bailȝie … ordaines that thair sall not [be] peyit to the vnder millare at the mill of Barflatt bot on moudefow of meill for ilk boll of sheilling
