magnamity the ability to rise above pettiness or meanness.
magpie a person who collects odds and ends.
malevolence spitefulness; ill will.
marred spoiled.
mattocks tools for loosening soil; a mattock is like a pickax but has a flat, adz-shaped blade.
mawkish nauseating.
Michaelmas the feast of the archangel Michael, September 29.
Milo a famous Greek athlete who, caught by the tree he was trying to split, was eaten up by wild beasts; here, Catherine suggests that anyone who attempts to split Heathcliff and herself will end up destroyed.
mire deep mud.
misanthropist a person who hates or distrusts other people.
miscreants those having vicious behavior.
monomania an excessive interest in or enthusiasm for some one thing.
mools earth of a grave.
moors open rolling land that cannot be used for farming due to poor drainage.
morose ill-tempered, gloomy, or sullen.
moroseness sullen mood.
morrow the next day.
mucky dirty.
N.B. [Latin nota bene] mark well; used to call attention to an item.
nab an abrupt termination of a range of uplands.
near frugal.
near stingy.
negus a hot beverage made from wine, hot water, and lemon juice, sweetened and spiced.
niver never.
obdurate stubborn.
odious arousing or deserving hatred or loathing.
offald ways used to characterize Catherine's and Heathcliff's behavior as disreputable.
