maw
NounUS[maw]/mɔ/1 syllable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Maw (ma̤), noun
Origin: See Mew a gull.
Zoology A gull.
Maw noun
Origin: OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. √103.
1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; — now used only of the lower animals, except humorously or in contempt. Geoffrey Chaucer
Bellies and maws of living creatures.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
2. Appetite; inclination. obsolete
Unless you had more maw to do me good.— Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont
Fish maw. Zoology See under Fish.
Maw noun
An old game at cards. Sir Anthony Weldon
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54