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Definition of Moither
1. v. t. To perplex; to confuse.
2. v. i. To toil; to labor.
Definition of Moither
1. Verb. (Yorkshire) (dialect) to bother or harass ¹
2. Verb. (UK dialect) To toil; to labour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moither
1. to confuse [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: confuse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moither
Literary usage of Moither
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"moither, (1) to worry. (2) to be delirious. See Wedgwood. ''E's mighty simple
this marnin' ..."
2. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Miss, sb. the eldest daughter. ' If miss woon't, non o' the yoong uns will.'
Mither (pron. moither), va to puzzle; perplex; 'bother;' confuse; daze; ..."
3. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"... Mither (prmi. moither), va to puzzle ; perplex ; ' bother ; ' confuse ; daze ;
render stupid. ... moither, va, iq Mither, ..."
4. Salopian Shreds and Patches (1877)
"One or two words have lately suggested themselves as exclusively Salopian,
viz., moither, v., to unsettle or disturb the ... To moither is to be confused or ..."
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