Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
moor-ill .
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Examples
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A postscript bore, “I learned from a decent woman, a grazier’s widow, that they hae a cure for the muir-ill in
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A postscript bore, "I learned from a decent woman, a grazier's widow, that they hae a cure for the muir-ill in Cumberland, whilk is ane pint, as they ca't, of yill, whilk is a dribble in comparison of our gawsie
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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