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Meaning of MAUND

Pronunciation:  mond

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries; "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"
 
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 See Also: weight, weight unit

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Maund\, n. [AS. mand, mond.]
    A hand basket. [Obs.] --Herrick.
    
  2. \Maund\, n. [Hind, & Per. man.]
    An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from
    25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.
    
  3. \Maund\, Maunder \Maund"er\, v. i. [Cf. F. mendier to beg,
    E. mendicant.]
    1. To beg. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.
    2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or
       disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.
             He was ever maundering by the how that he met a
             party of scarlet devils.              --Sir W.
                                                   Scott.
    
 

 

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