1665. R. Head, English Rogue, pt. 1. ch. v. p. 44 (1874). Having sufficiently warm'd our brains with humming liquor, which our Lower (money) shall procure; if our deceitful maunding (Begging) cannot.
1724. E. Coles, Eng. Dict., s.v. Maunding, begging.
1748. T. Dyche, Dictionary (5th ed.). Maunder(s) . . . also the cant word for to beg.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
1876. M. E. Braddon, Joshua Haggard, ch. vii. Who [a Devonshire lad] . . . had already unpacked the basket, or maund, as he called it.
2. (Old Cant).—To ask.
1567. Harman, Caveat, p. 86. Maunde of this morte what bene pecke is in her ken, Aske of this wyfe what good meate shee hath in her house.
Maunder. See Maund, sense 1.
Subs. (old).—A beggar; a cadge-gloak (q.v.). Also maunderer and maunding-cove.
1611. Middleton, Roaring Girl [Dodsley, Old Plays (1825), vi. 108]. I am no such nipping Christian, but a maunderer upon the pad, I confess.
1622. Beaumont and Fletcher, The Beggar's Bush, ii. 1. Our king and sovereign, monarch o' the maunders.
1656. Brome, Jovial Crew (Pearson, iii. 377). My noble Springlove, the great commander of the maunders, and king of canters.
c.1660. Bagford Ballads [Ebsworth, i. 195]. A Craver my Father, a Maunder my Mother.
1665. R. Head, English Rogue, pt. 1. ch. v. p. 50 (1874), s.v.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1712. Shirley, Triumph of Wit, The Maunder's Praise of his Strowling Mort [Title].
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1823. W. T. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, ii. 6. Cadgers make holiday, Hey, for the maunder's joys, Let pious ones fast and pray, They save us the trouble, my boys.
1834. W. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, p. 183 (ed. 1864). Rogue or rascal, frater, maunderer.
Maundering, subs. (old).—See quot.
Also maunding and as adj.
c.1603. Sack for my Money [Collier, Roxbughe Ballads (1847), 180]. A maunding cove that doth it love.
1610. Rowlands, Martin Markall, p. 39 (H. Club's Repr. 1874). Maunding = begging.
1630. Taylor, Works [quoted by Nares]. As for example, suppose a begger be in the shape or forme of a maundering, or wandering souldier, with one arme, legge, or eye, or some such maime.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
Maundring-broth, subs. (old).—A
scolding.—B. E. (1690); Grose
(1785).
Maverick, subs. (Texan).—An unbranded
yearling. [From one Maverick].
Maw, subs. (old).—The mouth.
1592. Greene, Quip, in Works, xi. 236. That pinch their bellies to polish their backs, that kepe their mawes emptie, to fill their pursses.
1599. Shakspeare, Henry V, ii. 1. And in thy hateful lungs,—yea, in thy maw, perdy.
1603. Shakspeare, Measure for Measure, iii. 2. Do thou but think What 'tis to cram a maw, or clothe a back.
1654. Chapman, Revenge for Honour, i. 1. Here men o' th' shop can gorge their musty maws With the delicious capon.
Hold your maw! verb. phr. (old).—Stop talking.
Mawkes, subs. (old).—1. A vulgar slattern.—Grose (1785).
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.
