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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. informal terms for the mouth;
[syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maw \Maw\ (m[add]), n. [See Mew a gull.] (Zool.) A gull. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maw \Maw\, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. [root]103.] 1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Bellies and maws of living creatures. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Unless you had more maw to do me good. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] Fish maw. (Zool.) See under Fish. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maw \Maw\, n. An old game at cards. --Sir A. Weldon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

maw n 1: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob]