Maw"met (?), n. [Contr. fr. Mahomet.] A puppet; a doll; originally, an
idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally believed that the
Mohammedans worshiped images representing Mohammed. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Beau. & Fl.
Maw"met*ry (?), n. The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See
Mawmet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Maw"mish (?), a. [Prov. E. maum soft, mellow, rotten; cf. OD. molm
rotten wood, G. mulm.] Nauseous. [Obs.] L' Estrange.
Maw"seed` (?), n. [Cf. G. magsamen.] (Bot.) The seed of the opium
poppy.
Maw"worm` (?), n. [Maw the belly + worm.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any intestinal
worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (Ascaris
lumbricoides), and allied species. (b) One of the larvæ of botflies of
horses; a bot.
||Max*il"la (?), n.; pl. Maxillæ (#). [L., dim. of mala jaw, jawbone.]
||1. (Anat.) (a) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw. (b) The
||bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw
||being the mandible. [Now commonly used in this restricted sense.]