*maun*

n. Adamant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Written in the table of athamaunt. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [ Written also hoonuman. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To munch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Manche. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind, & Per. man. ] An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. mand, mond. ] A hand basket. [ Obs. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. [ Cf. F. mendier to beg, E. mendicant. ] 1. To beg. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A beggar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who maunders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Mandrel. ] (Coal Mining) A pick with two prongs, to pry with. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Maundy Thursday. ] 1. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. The alms distributed in connection with this ceremony or on Maundy Thursday.

☞ In England, the foot washing is obsolete, but the “royal maundy” is distributed annually on behalf of the sovereign. Since 1890 this distribution has been made from Westminster Abbey. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or }. Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for the Maundy alms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ OE. maunde a command, OF. mandé, L. mandatum, from mandare 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, ” John xiii. 5, 34. ] (Eccl.) The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mangy. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]