Excerpt from Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases, With Examples of Their Colloquial Use, and Illustrations From Various Authors, Vol. 2: To Which Are Added, the Customs of the CountyAlways pronounced "moffle." To stammer, to talk indistinctly. There is good authority for this apparently vulgar word. Florio, in his "Worlde of Wordes, " gives, "Seilinguare, to stutter, to maffle or faulter in speech, " and Cotgrave, under Bredouiller, has, "To maffle or faulter, to speak or pronounce imperfectly." The Encyclopedia Metropolitana furnishes the following examples: -Yet, notwithstanding, he delivered his speeches, by reason of his palseie, in such staggering and mafling wise, &c., Holishade, Ireland, vol. vi. p. 287.Which so stammered or mafled in his talke, that he was not able to bring forth a readie word.Baret's Alvearie, in v. "Stammer, " from Suetonius.Faffle appears to be a word of like meaning in the North. See Moffle.B.N.C. C.C. F.E.A. "Moffle." H.P. "Moffle." H.A.D.2. To waste, to destroy. "He moffles all his money away."3. To do anything in a fumbling manner.Maffling, or Moffling. Speaking thick and unintelligibly, perplexed, confused, as often evinced in the imbecility and. indecision of old age. This word also is sanctioned by Florio. "Balbezza, a stammering, a maffling in speech."H.A.D.Mag. A penny. This cant term, as appears by Jamieson, is used in Scotland for a halfpenny.Mag. To prate, to chatter. "How the child mags away."That woman's always magging about."G.&P., F.E.A. H.P. H.A.D.Maggot. An odd fancy, freak, or whimsey. "What maggot have you got in your head now?" or, "What maggot bites?" is an expression in common use. Dry den sanctions the usage of this (as Todd terms it) "low word."About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.