 | John Yonge Akerman - 1842 - 88 páginas
...the word mite being Anglo-Saxon. Minty. Full of mites. Mix en, Muxen. A dung heap. AS Mvxen. Moocher. A" truant; " a blackberry moucher"—a boy who plays...and eat blackberries."—Part I. Hen. IV. Act ii. Sc. 4. Moots. The roots of trees left in the ground. See Stowl s. Mo p. A statue fair for hiring servants.... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - 1843 - 350 páginas
...uning to go to school, and afraid to go home, lurks in the fields, >dp,cks wild fruits.'" COLLIER. A truant; 'a blackberry moucher'—a boy who plays truant to pick blackberries." Akerman's Glossary of Provincial Words and Phrases in use in Wiltshire. SCENE 4.—C. p. 277. " Exeunt... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - 1844 - 320 páginas
...unwilling to go to school, and afraid to go home, lurks in the fields, and picks wild fruits.'" COLLIER. A truant; 'a blackberry moucher'—a boy who plays truant to pick blackberries." Akerman's Glossary of Provincial Words and Phrases in use in Wiltshire. SCENE 4.—C. p. 277. " Exeunt... | |
 | 1884 - 682 páginas
...she hath twice gone a-hiding in the woods. The word miche is still used in this sense. Shakespeare uses it thus : " Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher and eat blackberries 1 " "A Remlett of sope."—Devonshire for remnant. "The fish will dum rather in the house... | |
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a blackberry moucher"—a boy who plays truant to pick blackberries. The word is in some counties pronounced differently: Shakspere uses it thus :— " Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a micher and eat blackberries."—Part I. Hen. IV. Act ii. 