Maund

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

n. A beggar. [ Obs. ] [ 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. 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☞ In England, the foot washing is obsolete, but the “royal maundy” is distributed annually on behalf of the sovereign.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. ]