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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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"
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