maw : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: maw	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for maw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maw n informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maw \Maw\ (m[add]), n. [See {Mew} a gull.] (Zo[94]l.) A gull.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maw \Maw\, n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. [root]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. {Fish maw}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Fish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Maw \Maw\, n. An old game at cards. --Sir A. Weldon.