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  • English Word Maund Definition A hand basket.
  • English Word Maund Definition An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.
  • English Word Maund Definition Alt. of Maunder
  • English Word Maunder Definition To beg.
  • English Word Maunder Definition To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.
  • English Word Maunder Definition To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.
  • English Word Maunder Definition A beggar.
  • English Word Maunderer Definition One who maunders.
  • English Word Maundril Definition A pick with two prongs, to pry with.
  • English Word Maundy Thursday Definition The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.
  • English Word Maungy Definition Mangy.
  • English Word Mauresque Definition See Moresque.
  • English Word Maurist Definition A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature.
  • English Word Mausolean Definition Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.
  • English Word Mausoleum Definition A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
  • English Word Mausoleums Definition of Mausoleum
  • English Word Mauther Definition A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench.
  • English Word Mauvaniline Definition See Mauve aniline, under Mauve.
  • English Word Mauve Definition A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.
  • English Word Mauveine Definition An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms.
  • English Word Mauvine Definition Mauve-colored.
  • English Word Maverick Definition In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle.
  • English Word Mavis Definition The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus).
  • English Word Maw Definition A gull.
  • English Word Maw Definition A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
  • English Word Maw Definition Appetite; inclination.
  • English Word Maw Definition An old game at cards.
  • English Word Mawk Definition A maggot.
  • English Word Mawk Definition A slattern; a mawks.
  • English Word Mawkin Definition See Malkin, and Maukin.