Part 6893

<i>Herrick.</i>

<h1>Maund</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maund</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind, & Per. <ets>man</ets>.]</ety> <def>An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.</def>

<h1>Maund, Maunder</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw><hw>Maund</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Maund"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mendier</ets> to beg, E. <ets>mendicant</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To beg.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.</def>

<blockquote>He was ever <b>maundering</b> by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Maunder</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maund"er</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.</def>

<h1>Maunder</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maund"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A beggar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Maunderer</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maund"er*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who maunders.</def>

<h1>Maundril</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maun"dril</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Mandrel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Coa<?/ Mining)</fld> <def>A pick with two prongs, to pry with.</def>

<h1>Maundy Thursday</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maun"dy Thurs"day</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[OE. <ets>maunde</ets> a command, OF. <ets>mand\'82</ets>, L. <ets>mandatum</ets>, from <ets>mandare</ets> to command. See called from the ancient custom of washing the feet of the poor on this day, which was taken to be the fulfillment of the "new commandment," <i>John xiii. 5, 34</i>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.</def>

<h1>Maungy</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maun"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mangy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Skelton.</i>

<h1>Mauresque</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mau*resque"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Moresque</er>.</def>

<h1>Maurist</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maur"ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Maurus</ets>, the favorite disciple of St. Benedict.]</ety> <def>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 <i>Maurists</i> have been distinguished for their interest in literature.</def>

<h1>Mausolean</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mau`so*le"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Mausoleus</ets>. See <er>Mausoleum</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.</def>

<h1>Mausoleum</h1> <Xpage=903>