Part 6895

<i>Sir A. Weldon.</i>

<h1>Mawk</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mawk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mauk</ets>, <ets>ma<?/ek</ets>, Icel. <ets>ma<?/kr</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>maddik</ets>, and E. <ets>mad</ets> an earthworm. See <er>Mad</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A maggot.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A slattern; a mawks.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Mawkin</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maw"kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Malkin</er>, and <er>Maukin</er>.</def>

<h1>Mawkingly</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mawk"ing*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Slatternly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Mawkish</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mawk"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Orig., maggoty. See <er>Mawk</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.</def>

<blockquote>So sweetly <b>mawkish'</b>, and so smoothly dull. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.</def>

<i>J. H. Newman.</i>

<h1>Mawkishly</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mawk"ish*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a mawkish way.</def>

<h1>Mawkishness</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mawk"ish*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being mawkish.</def>

<i>J. H. Newman.</i>

<h1>Mawks</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mawks</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A slattern; a mawk.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Mawky</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Mawk"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Maggoty.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Mawmet</h1> <Xpage=903>

<hw>Maw"met</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>Mahomet</ets>.]</ety> <def>A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped images representing Mohammed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif. Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Mawmetry</h1> <Xpage=903>