maunds
plural of maund
• Dumans, Mundas, Musnad, dunams, musnad, undams
Source: Wiktionary
Maund, n. Etym: [AS. mand, mond.]
Definition: A hand basket. [Obs.] Herrick.
Maund, n. Etym: [Hind, & Per. man.]
Definition: An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.
Maund, Maund"er, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. mendier to beg, E. mendicant.]
1. To beg. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.
2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently. He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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