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English Dictionary: maunder by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maunder
v
  1. wander aimlessly
  2. talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
    Synonym(s): mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate
  3. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
    Synonym(s): chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maunder \Maund"er\, v. t.
      To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maunder \Maund"er\, n.
      A beggar. [Obs.]
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