Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

maundmore about maund

maund


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maund  \Maund\,  n.  [AS.  mand,  mond.] 
  A  hand  basket.  [Obs.]  --Herrick. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maund  \Maund\,  n.  [Hind,  &  Per.  man.] 
  An  East  Indian  weight,  varying  in  different  localities  from 
  25  to  about  82  pounds  avoirdupois. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maund  \Maund\,  Maunder  \Maund"er\,  v.  i.  [Cf.  F.  mendier  to  beg, 
  E.  mendicant.] 
  1.  To  beg.  [Obs.]  --B.  Jonson  Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  2.  To  mutter;  to  mumble;  to  grumble;  to  speak  indistinctly  or 
  disconnectedly  to  talk  incoherently. 
 
  He  was  ever  maundering  by  the  how  that  he  met  a 
  party  of  scarlet  devils.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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" 




more about maund