maund : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maund	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for maund
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maund n a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries; "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maund \Maund\, n. [AS. mand, mond.] A hand basket. [Obs.] --Herrick.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maund \Maund\, n. [Hind, & Per. man.] An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maund \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.