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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries;
- Example: "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maund \Maund\, n. [AS. mand, mond.] A hand basket. [Obs.] --Herrick. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maund \Maund\, n. [Hind, & Per. man.] An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois. [1913 Webster] Maund
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maund \Maund\, Maunder \Maund"er\, 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

maund n 1: a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries; "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"