Maunder

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]:

  Maunder \Maund"er\, v. t.
     To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maunder \Maund"er\, n.
     A beggar. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  maunder
       v 1: wander aimlessly
       2: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [syn: {mumble}, {mutter},
           {mussitate}]
       3: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
          [syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle},
           {twaddle}, {clack}, {prattle}, {blab}, {gibber}, {tattle},
           {blabber}, {gabble}]