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Definition mawing

Etymology 1

From Middle English mawe, maghe, ma?e, from Old English maga (“stomach; maw”), from Proto-Germanic *magô (“belly; stomach”), from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, bellows, belly”). Cognate with West Frisian mage, Dutch maag (“stomach; belly”), German Low German Maag, German Magen (“stomach”), Danish mave, Swedish mage (“stomach; belly”), and also with Welsh megin (“bellows”), archaic Russian ?????? (mošná, “pocket, bag”), Lithuanian mãkas (“purse”).

Noun

maw (plural maws)

1. (archaic) The stomach, especially of an animal.
2. The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature.
3. Any large, insatiable or perilous opening.
4. Appetite; inclination.

Etymology 2

By shortening of mother

Noun

maw (plural maws)

1. (dialectal, colloquial) Mother.

Etymology 3

See mew (“a gull”).

Noun

maw (plural maws)

1. A gull.

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