According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
MAWED
Etymology
Adjective
mawed (not comparable)
Having a maw (of a specified kind).
[…] Which, piling private ill on public wrong, / Beneath the garb of patriotism hides / Its large-mawed cravings […]
Source: Wiktionary
MAW
Maw, n. Etym: [See Mew a gull.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A gull.
Maw, n. Etym: [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave.
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. (Zoöl.) See under Fish.
Maw, n.
Definition: An old game at cards. Sir A. Weldon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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