Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maw"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maw \Maw\ (m[add]), n. [See {Mew} a gull.] (Zo["o]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["o]l.) See under {Fish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maw \Maw\, n.
An old game at cards. --Sir A. Weldon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maw
n : informal terms for the mouth [syn: {trap}, {hole}, {yap}, {gob}]
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