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Maud vs Maund - What's the difference?

maud | maund |

As nouns the difference between maud and maund

is that maud is a grey plaid once worn by shepherds in Scotland while maund is a wicker basket.

As a proper noun Maud

is {{given name|female|from=Germanic}}.

As a verb maund is

to beg.

maud

English

Alternative forms

* Maude

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1591 William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors : Act III, Scene I:
    • Dromio of Ephesus . Maud , Bridget, Marian, Cicely, Gillian, Ginn!
    Dromio of Syracuse . Mome, malt-horse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch! - - - Dost thou conjure for wenches, that thou call'st for such a store
  • * 1855 :
    • Come into the garden, Maud', / For the black bat, night, has flown, / Come into the garden, ' Maud , / I am here at the gate alone;

    Anagrams

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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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