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Laund vs Maund - What's the difference?

laund | maund |

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between laund and maund

is that laund is (archaic) a grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade while maund is (archaic) to beg.

As nouns the difference between laund and maund

is that laund is (archaic) a grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade while maund is a wicker basket or maund can be (archaic) a unit of weight in southern and western asia, whose value varied widely by location two maunds made one chest of opium in east india one maund equalled 136 pounds of opium in turkey or maund can be (archaic) begging.

As a verb maund is

(archaic) to beg.

laund

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
  • * late 1300s , Geoffrey Chaucer:
    • In a laund upon an hill of flowers.
  • * 1590 , William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part III , 3:1:
    • Through this laund anon the deer will come.
  • * 1962 , Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire :
    • Odon was known to be resting, after completing his motion picture, at the villa of an old American friend, Joseph S. Lavender (the name hails from the laundry, not from the laund ).

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    maund

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) maunde, mande, from (etyl) mand, . Cognate with Dutch mand, (etyl) mande, archaic German Mande, later influenced by (etyl) and (etyl) mande (< (etyl)). Related to (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wicker basket.
  • A unit of capacity with various specific local values.

    • Etymology 2

    (wikipedia maund) Anglicised pronunciation of a word in many southern and western Asian languages. The -d probably from assimilation with Etymology 1 above, or from comparison with pound. : Original root is unclear, but may be (etyl) , "to measure". :: Possibly cognate with (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * mun * man

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A unit of weight in southern and western Asia, whose value varied widely by location. Two maunds made one chest of opium in East India. One maund equalled 136 pounds of opium in Turkey.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White , Folio Society 2005, p. 410:
    • Now the rail has come, and the fire-carriage says buz-buz-buz'', and a hundred lakhs of ''maunds slide across that big bridge.
    Usage notes
    This spelling (maund ) is usually used for the unit in British India, equal to 25 pounds avoirdupois at Madras, 28 pounds avoirdupois at Bombay and 10 troy pounds at Calcutta. For the equivalent unit in the and in Persian- and Arabic-speaking countries, it is more usual to use the spelling mun'' or ''man (italicised to show that the word has not been assimilated into English).

    Etymology 3

    Unclear, but possibly from (etyl) mendier or , "to beg". Compare (etyl) mang, "to beg".

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) begging

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) to beg
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (obsolete) To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.

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