1567. Harman, Caveat, p. 86. Maunde of this morte what bene pecke
is in her ken, Aske of this wyfe what good meate shee hath in her
house.
Maunder. See Maund, sense 1.
Subs. (old).—A beggar; a cadge-gloak (q.v.). Also maunderer and
maunding-cove.
1611. Middleton, Roaring Girl [Dodsley, Old Plays (1825), vi. 108].
I am no such nipping Christian, but a maunderer upon the pad, I
confess.
1622. Beaumont and Fletcher, The Beggar’s Bush, ii. 1. Our king and
sovereign, monarch o’ the maunders.
1656. Brome, Jovial Crew (Pearson, iii. 377). My noble Springlove,
the great commander of the maunders, and king of canters.
c. 1660. Bagford Ballads [Ebsworth, i. 195]. A Craver my Father, a
maunder my Mother.
1665. R. Head, English Rogue, pt. 1. ch. v. p. 50 (1874), s.v.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1712. Shirley, Triumph of Wit, The Maunder’s Praise of his
Strowling Mort [Title].
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1823. W. T. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, ii. 6. Cadgers make holiday,
Hey, for the maunder’s joys, Let pious ones fast and pray, They
save us the trouble, my boys.
1834. W. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, p. 183 (ed. 1864). Rogue or
rascal, frater, maunderer.
Maundering, subs. (old).—See quot. Also maunding and as adj.
c. 1603. Sack for my Money [Collier, Roxburghe Ballads (1847),
180]. A maunding cove that doth it love.
1610. Rowlands, Martin Markall, p. 39 (H. Club’s Repr. 1874).
Maunding = begging.
1630. Taylor, Works [quoted by Nares]. As for example, suppose a
begger be in the shape or forme of a maundering, or wandering
souldier, with one arme, legge, or eye, or some such maime.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
Maundring-broth, subs. (old).—A scolding.—B. E. (1690); Grose (1785).
Maverick, subs. (Texan).—An unbranded yearling. [From one Maverick].
Maw, subs. (old).—The mouth.
1592. Greene, Quip, in Works, xi. 236. That pinch their bellies to
polish their backs, that kepe their mawes emptie, to fill their
pursses.
1599. Shakspeare, Henry V, ii. 1. And in thy hateful lungs,—yea, in
thy maw, perdy.
1603. Shakspeare, Measure for Measure, iii. 2. Do thou but think
What ’tis to cram a maw, or clothe a back.
1654. Chapman, Revenge for Honour, i. 1. Here men o’ th’ shop can
gorge their musty maws With the delicious capon.
Hold your maw! verb. phr. (old).—Stop talking.
Mawkes, subs. (old).—1. A vulgar slattern.—Grose (1785).
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.