Maund

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maund \Maund\, Maunder \Maund"er\, v. i. [Cf. F. mendier to beg,
     E. mendicant.]
     1. To beg. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.
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     2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or


        disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.
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              He was ever maundering by the how that he met a
              party of scarlet devils.              --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maund \Maund\, n. [AS. mand, mond.]
     A hand basket. [Obs.] --Herrick.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maund \Maund\, n. [Hind, & Per. man.]
     An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from
     25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  maund
       n : a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in
           different countries; "the official maund in India is 82.6
           pounds avoirdupois"