Maw
(Maw), n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi,
Sw. mage, Dan. mave. &radic103.]
1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; — now used only
of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. Chaucer.
Bellies and maws of living creatures.
Bacon. 2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.]
Unless you had more maw to do me good.
Beau. & Fl. Fish maw.
(Zoöl.) See under Fish.
Maw
(Maw), n. An old game at cards. Sir A. Weldon.
Mawk
(Mawk) n. [OE. mauk, maðek, Icel. maðkr; akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm.
See Mad, n.]
1. A maggot. [Scot.]
2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]
Mawkin
(Maw"kin) n. See Malkin, and Maukin.
Mawkingly
(Mawk"ing*ly) adv. Slatternly. [Obs.]
Mawkish
(Mawk"ish), a. [Orig., maggoty. See Mawk.]
1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.
So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull.
Pope. 2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious. J. H. Newman.
Mawkishly
(Mawk"ish*ly), adv. In a mawkish way.
Mawkishness
(Mawk"ish*ness), n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.
Mawks
(Mawks) n. A slattern; a mawk. [Prov. Eng.]
Mawky
(Mawk"y) a. Maggoty. [Prov. Eng.]
Mawmet
(Maw"met) n. [Contr. fr. Mahomet.] A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle
Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped images representing Mohammed.
[Obs.] Wyclif. Beau. & Fl.
Mawmetry
(Maw"met*ry) n. The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See Mawmet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mawmish
(Maw"mish) a. [Prov. E. maum soft, mellow, rotten; cf. OD. molm rotten wood, G. mulm.]
Nauseous. [Obs.] L' Estrange.
Mawseed
(Maw"seed`) n. [Cf. G. magsamen.] (Bot.) The seed of the opium poppy.
Mawworm
(Maw"worm`) n. [Maw the belly + worm.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach,
esp. the common round worm and allied species. (b) One of the larvæ of botflies of horses; a bot.