n. [ See Mew a gull. ] (Zool.) A gull. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. √103. ]
Bellies and maws of living creatures. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Unless you had more maw to do me good. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fish maw. (Zool.)
n. An old game at cards. Sir A. Weldon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. mauk, maðek, Icel. maðkr; akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm. See Mad, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Malkin, and Maukin. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Slatternly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Orig., maggoty. See Mawk. ]
So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a mawkish way. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A slattern; a mawk. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]