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Maw vs Mawk - What's the difference?

maw | mawk |

As nouns the difference between maw and mawk

is that maw is the stomach, especially of an animal while mawk is a maggot.

maw

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mawe, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) the stomach, especially of an animal
  • * 1667 , , Paradise Lost, Book X
    • So Death shall be deceav'd his glut, and with us two / Be forc'd to satisfie his Rav'nous Maw .
  • the upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a ravenous creature.
  • * 1818 , , Endymion
    • To save poor lambkins from the eagle's maw
  • any great, insatiable or perilous opening.
  • Appetite; inclination.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • Unless you had more maw to do me good.

    Etymology 2

    By shortening of mother

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, colloquial) Mother.

    • Etymology 3

    See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gull.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    mawk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a maggot
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) a slattern

    • Related terms

    * mawkish * mawky