MAWS

Proper noun

Maws

plural of Maw

Anagrams

• WMAs, awms, sawm, swam, wasm

Noun

maws

plural of maw

Anagrams

• WMAs, awms, sawm, swam, wasm

Noun

MAWs

plural of MAW

Anagrams

• WMAs, awms, sawm, swam, wasm

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



RESET




Word of the Day

25 April 2024

TYPIFY

(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

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.

coffee icon