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Webster 1913 Edition
Maw
Maw
,Noun.
[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, exept humorously or in contempt.
Chaucer.
Bellies and
maws
of living creatures. Bacon.
2.
Appetite; inclination.
[Obs.]
Unless you had more
maw
to do me good. Beau. & Fl.
Maw
,Noun.
An old game at cards.
Sir A. Weldon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Maw
MAW
, n.1.
The stomach of brutes; applied to the stomach of human beings in contempt only.2.
The craw of fowls.