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Definition of 'maw'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mawe, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(archaic) the stomach, especially of an animal
* 1667 , , Paradise Lost, Book X
- So Death shall be deceav'd his glut, and with us two / Be forc'd to satisfie his Rav'nous Maw .
the upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a ravenous creature.
* 1818 , , Endymion
- To save poor lambkins from the eagle's maw
any great, insatiable or perilous opening.
Appetite; inclination.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
- Unless you had more maw to do me good.
Etymology 2
By shortening of mother
Noun
( en-noun)
(dialect|colloquial) Mother.
Etymology 3
See .
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