Webster's Dictionary 1913

1675

Maund (3)

{ Maund (?), Maund″er (?), } v. i. [Cf. F. mendier to beg, E. mendicant.] 1. To beg. B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconne...

1676

Maunder (2)

Maund″er, v. t. To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.

1677

Maunder (3)

Maund″er, n. A beggar.

1678

Maunderer

Maund″er‐er (?), n. One who maunders.

1679

Maundril

Maun″dril (?), n. [Cf. Mandrel.] (Coal Mining) A pick with two prongs, to pry with.

1680

Maundy

Maun″dy (?), n. [See Maundy Thursday.] 1. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper.2. The ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday.3. The alms distributed in connec...

1681

Maundy coins

{ Maundy coinsormoney }. Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for the Maundy alms.

1682

Maundy Thursday

Maun″dy Thurs″day (?). [OE. maunde a command, OF. mandé, L. mandatum, from mandare to command. See called from the ancient custom of washing the feet of the poor on this day, wh...

1683

Maungy

Maun″gy (?), a. Mangy. Skelton.

1684

Mauresque

Mau‐resque″ (?), a. & n. See Moresque.

1685

Maurist

Maur″ist (?), n. [From Maurus, the favorite disciple of St. Benedict.] A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the ...

1686

Mausolean

Mau′so‐le″an (?), a. [L. Mausoleus. See Mausoleum.] Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.

1687

Mausoleum

Mau′so‐le″um (?), n.; pl. E. Mausoleums (#), L. -lea (#). [L. mausoleum, Gr. �, fr. � Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.] A magni...

1688

Mauther

Mau″ther (?), n. [Cf. AS. mægþ a maid.] [Also spelled mawther, mother.] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench.

1689

Mauvaniline

Mauv′an″i‐line (?), n.(Chem.) See Mauve aniline, under Mauve.

1690

Mauve

Mauve (mōv), n. [F., mallow, L. malva. So named from the similarity of the color to that of the petals of common mallow, Malva sylvestris. See Mallow.] A color of a delicate pur...

1691

Mauveïne

Mauve″ïne (?), n.(Chem.) An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms. [Written also mauvine.]

1692

Mauvine

Mauv″ine (?), a. Mauve-colored.

1693

Maverick

Mav″er‐ick (?), n. 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 o...

1694

Maverick (2)

Mav″er‐ick (?), v. t. To take a maverick.

1695

Maverick brand

Maverick brand. A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks.

1696

Mavis

Ma″vis (mā″vĭs), n. [F. mauvis, Arm. milvid, milfid, milc'hhouid, Corn. melhuez.] (Zoöl.) The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus).

1697

Mavournin

{ Ma‐vour″nin, Ma‐vour″neen } (mȧ‐vo͞or″nēn), n. [Ir. mo mhuirnin my darling; mo my + mhuirnin darling.] My darling; — an Irish term of endearment for a girl or woman. “Erin mav...

1698

Maw

Maw (ma̤), n. [See Mew a gull.] (Zoöl.) A gull.

1699

Maw (2)

Maw, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. √103.] 1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swall...

1700

Maw (3)

Maw, n. An old game at cards. Sir A. Weldon.

1701

Mawk

Mawk (ma̤k), n. [OE. mauk, maðek, Icel. maðkr; akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm. See Mad, n.]1. A maggot.2. A slattern; a mawks.