MEASURE, dance, more especially a stately one.
MEAT, "carry--in one's mouth," be a source of money or entertainment.
MECHANICAL, belonging to mechanics, mean, vulgar.
MEDITERRANEO, middle aisle of St. Paul's, a general resort for business and amusement.
METHEGLIN, fermented liquor, of which one ingredient was honey.
MINSITIVE, (?) mincing, affected (N.E.D.).
MISCELLANY MADAM, "a female trader in miscellaneous articles; a dealer in trinkets or ornaments of various kinds, such as kept shops in the New Exchange" (Nares).
MISPRISE, MISPRISION, mistake, misunderstanding.
MISTAKE AWAY, carry away as if by mistake.
MOCCINIGO, small Venetian coin, worth about ninepence.
MODERN, in the mode; ordinary, commonplace.
MORRICE-DANCE, dance on May Day, etc., in which certain personages were represented.
MOSCADINO, confection flavoured with musk.
MOTION, proposal, request; puppet, puppet-show; "one of the small figures on the face of a large clock which was moved by the vibration of the pendulum" (Whalley).
MOTLEY, parti-coloured dress of a fool; hence used to signify pertaining to, or like, a fool.
MOURNIVAL, set of four aces or court cards in a hand; a quartette.
MUCH! expressive of irony and incredulity.
MULE, "born to ride on--," judges or serjeants-at-law formerly rode on mules when going in state to Westminster (Whally).
MUM-CHANCE, game of chance, played in silence.
MYROBOLANE, foreign conserve, "a dried plum, brought from the Indies."
NAIL, "to the--" (ad unguem), to perfection, to the very utmost.
NEAT, smartly apparelled; unmixed; dainty.
NICE, fastidious, trivial, finical, scrupulous.
NICK, exact amount; right moment; "set in the--," meaning uncertain.
NICE, suit, fit; hit, seize the right moment, etc., exactly hit on, hit off.
NOMENTACK, an Indian chief from Virginia.
NOUGHT, "be--," go to the devil, be hanged, etc.
OBSERVER, one who shows deference, or waits upon another.
OBSTANCY, legal phrase, "juridical opposition."
ODLING, (?) "must have some relation to tricking and cheating" (Nares).
ONCE, at once; for good and all; used also for additional emphasis.
OUT, "to be--," to have forgotten one's part; not at one with each other.
OVERPARTED, given too difficult a part to play.
OYEZ! (O YES!), hear ye! call of the public crier when about to make a proclamation.