maumetry 
trie, etc., < iiiniinifl, an idol: see ninitmrt, -ry, 
and Mil/mini try.] Idolatry. 
Hot thus he ordand for thalre sake 
In that same place to edify 
A temple for thaire mauitiftrjt. 
Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.\ p. 00. 
The synne of mawmettrie Is the ttrste thyng that Ooil 
'li-ilrinlr'1 in the ten cominaun<iinent*. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
Heretofore they call'd Images Mammeta, ntl the Ado- 
ration of Images Mammettry: that is, Mahomet and Ma- 
hometry, odious names. Sflden, Table-Talk, p. S8. 
maumisht, a. [< maum, mnlin, + -t'*/ii.] Fool- 
ish ; silly ; idle ; nauseous. Also man-mink. 
It is one of the most nauseous. maumiah mortifications, 
fur a man to have to do with a punctual finical fop. 
Sir K. L'Estrange. 
maumletdar (mam'let-dar), n. [Hind, mdm- 
leMar.~\ In the East Indies, an official superin- 
tendent, as of the collection of the revenue, of 
police, etc. 
maun (man), v. A. Scotch form of moun, must. 
It may be of consequence to the state, sir, . . . and I 
doubt we maun delay your journey till you have seen the 
laird. Scott, Waverley, xxx. 
maimch 1 1, v. An obsolete form of munch. 
maunch'-', . See manthtft. 
maunche, . Same 
maunch-presentt, . [Also manch-present, 
mounch-present ; < ME. mauHichepresande, 
"manchepresent, < OF. "mancliepresent, lit. de- 
vourer of gifts (dupo^ijof), < mancher, manger, 
eat (see munch, mange), + present, present, 
gift: see present.'] One who is greedy for gifts; 
a sycophant. 
A tnawnchepremttdt, slcofanta. Cath. Any., p. 232. 
A mounch present is he that is a great gentleman, for 
when his mayster sendeth him with a present, he will take 
a tast thereof by the way. This Is a bold knaue. that some- 
tyme will eate the best and leaue the worst for his mayster. 
Awdeley, I'rateniitye of Vacabondes (ed. Furnivall), p. 14. 
maund ' (mand), n. [Also mand; < ME. ma.un.de, 
mantle, < AS. mand, inond = MD. mantle, D. mand 
= MLG. mande, LG. mande, mane (> G. mand, 
mande = F. mande, dial, manne), a basket. 
Hence the dim. MD. mandekcn, > F. mannequin, 
a small hamper.] A basket or hamper. [Ob- 
solete or provincial.] 
A thousand favours from a maund she drew. 
Shalr., lover's Complaint, 1. 36. 
We tooke a flagon of wine, <fe filled a maund with bisket, 
A a platter with apples & other fruits. 
Hakluyts Voyayet, 1. 101. 
My mother . . . contrived to send me by the packhorses 
... a maund ... of provisions, and money, and other 
comforts. B. I). Blackmorr, Loma Doone, Ixviii. 
The word maund . . . exists vet in the living speech of 
Kent, and we are glad to find it has not as yet become a 
thing of the past In Somerset. There It seems that it sig- 
nifies now one kind of basket only. It is round and deep, 
without cover, and with two handles. 
X. and C.,7th ser., VI. IS*. 
maund-'t (mand), v. t. See mand%. 
maund 3 ! (mand), r. i. [Appar. < ME. 'niaiin- 
den (f),< OF. mendier, < L. mendicare, beg: see 
mendicant.] To beg. 
A very canter I, sir. one that maundi 
Upon the pad. B. Jonson, Staple of News, 11. 5. 
Do you hear? 
You must hereafter maund on your own pads, he says. 
Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, II. 1. 
maund 4 (mand), . [Formerly mniine (the d be- 
ing excrescent) ;< Hind, man, usually man (Peru. 
man), a measure of weight. ] In the East Indies, 
a unit of weight. The legal maund of India, called the 
Rortlixh maund or bazaar-maund, is 100 pounds troy or 829 
pounds avoirdupois. The Calcutta factory-maund is 74 
pounds avoirdupois. In Madras the maund is 24 pounds 
11 ounces, in Bombay 28 pounds avoirdupois. Many other 
iiummls are in use. 
One died in my time (saith our Author) named Raga 
(iagiiiat, on whose goods the King seased, which, besides 
jewels and other treasure, amounted to threescore maunfs 
In gold, euery maune is Due and flflie pound weight. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 546. 
maundert (man'der), H. [< maund* + -er 1 .] A 
beggar. 
Thou art chosen, venerable Clause, 
Our king and sovereign, monarch o' the maunders. 
Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, II. 1. 
The divill (like a brave maunder) was rid a begging him- 
selfe, and wanted money. 
Rmetfy, Search for Money (1809). (Ualliicett.) 
maunder (man'der), t'. t. [Formerly also man- 
iltr; < niiiiinitir, n.] If. To beg. 
Beg, beg, and keep constables waking, wear out stocks 
and whipcord, maunder for butter-milk. 
Beau, aiul /'(., Thierry and Theodoret, v. 1. 
A churlish, tnauiulrritifi rogue ! 
You must both beg inul rob. 
Middleion, Inner- Temple Masque. 
2. To speak with a beggar's whine : srmmble. 
3665 
He made me many visits, maundering M If I had done 
him a discourtesy. nueman, Surgery. 
3. To mutter; talk incoherently or idly ; wan- 
der in talking like a drunken or foolish person ; 
drivel. 
Now I shall take my pleasure, 
And not my nelgh>>our Justice maunder at me. 
Fletcher, Rule a Wife, III. 1. 
He is the same, still inquiring, mamtriny, gazing, listen- 
Ing, affrighted with every small object. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 570. 
maunderer (man'der-er), . If. A beggar. 
I am no such nipping Christian, but * maundenr upon 
the pad, I confess. Middleton and Dekker, Roaring Girl. 
2. A grumbler; a driveler, 
maundering (mau'der-ing), M. [Verbal n. of 
mil miller, v7] Muttering or driveling speech; 
a muttering. 
The maundering* of discontent are like the voyce and 
behaviour of a swine. Smith, Sermons, VII. xlv. 
maundingt, n. [ Verbal n. of maund 3 , v.] Beg- 
ging- 
Being borne and bred vp In the trade of mounding, nip- 
ping, and foisting for the space of tenne years. 
Rowland*, History of Rogues, quoted in Ribton-Turner's 
I Vagrant* and Vagrancy, p. 586. 
maundril (man'dril), . [Also niaundrel. Cf. 
mandrel.] In coal-mining, a pick with two 
prongs. 
maundy (man'di), . [Early mod. E. also muun- 
dye, mawndy, mandie, < ME. maundee, maunde, 
mande, monde, etc., a command, < OF. mande (F. 
mandat),<. L. mandatum, a command: geemrin- 
date, of which maundy is another form, derived 
through the OF. Senses 2 and 3 are explained as 
referring to the words of Christ in his discourse 
at the last supper: Mandatum norum do volns: 
ntdiligatis invicem, "a new commandment I give 
unto you, that ye love one another" (John xiii. 
34), words sung as an anthem at the ceremony 
of feet-washing, and also as referring to the in- 
junction as to this ceremony (John xiii. 14-15), 
and to the command to celebrate the sacra- 
ment, " This do."] If. A commandment. Piers 
Plowman. 2t. The sacrament of the Lord's 
supper. 
Lord, where wolte thou kepe thi maunde f 
Coventry Hysteria, p. 259. (Encyc. Diet.) 
The Thorsday byfore there he made his maundee, 
Sittyng atte sopere he seide thise wordes. 
Fieri Plowman (B), xvi. 140. 
3. The ceremony of washing the feet of poor 
persons or inferiors, performed as a religious 
rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of 
Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the last 
supper. It consists in the washing of the feet of a num- 
ber of men, generally twelve (in the Western Church usu- 
ally paupers or poor priests), by a priest, prelate, or sover- 
eign. The custom, of very early origin, is obsolete in the 
Anglican Church, but is still observed in the Greek Church 
and in the Roman Catholic Church. See lavipedium, pe- 
dilanum. 
My wife had been to-day at White Hall to the Maundy. 
It being Maundy Thursday ; but the King did not wash 
the poor people's feet himself, but the Bishop of London 
did it for him. Pepyi, Diary, III. 100. 
4. [cap.] The office appointed to be read dur- 
ing the ceremony of feet-Washing Maundy 
dish, a dish in which the maundy money was contained 
when presented to the sovereign for distribution. 
Maundy money, maundy coins, money distributed by 
the almoner of the English sovereign to certain poor 
men and women who on Maundy Thursday attend a ser- 
vice In the Chapel Royal at Whitehall. The maundy money 
IB to the amount of a penny for each year of the sovereign's 
age. From 1662 to the present time small silver coins of 
the value of fourpence, threepence, twopence, and one 
penny have been specially struck for this distribution. 
They are legally (though, with the exception of the three- 
penny pieces, not practically) current coins of the realm. 
The numbers and weights of the fourpences, twopence*, 
and pence, being Maundy coin*, are the same for each of 
the yean [1S72-81J: 4518 fourpences, 4752 twopences, and 
720 pence. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 482. 
Maundy purset, a purse used to contain the maundy 
money distributed by the king or queen. Maundy 
Thursday, the Thursday of Holy Week, commemorating 
Christ's last supper, and also both In the Greek and the 
Western Church his washing of the disciples' feet upon that 
day. (See def. 3.) It has been the custom in both the 
Greek and the Western Church since the fifth or sixth cen- 
tury to consecrate the chrism and holy oils on Maundy 
Thursday. In England the day is observed, In addition to 
its other special religious services, by a distribution from 
the sovereign of clothing and money 1 among the poor. (See 
maundy money.) In the Greek church Maundy Thursday 
is called the Great Thursday or the^ri/and Holy Thurs- 
day. Also called Mandate Thursday, Chare Thursday, 
Shere Thursday, Coma Domini, and, improperly, Holy 
Thurxlau. See Tenebrir. 
maunna (ma'nii). [< maun + na.] Must not. 
[Scotch.] 
As lang as Siller 's current, Deacon, folk maunna look 
ower nicely at what King's head 's on 't 
Scnft, <Juy Mamifrlng, xxxii. 
mausoleum 
Maurandia (in-ran'di-ii). . [XL. (Ortega, 
isnii), named after Dr. Mnurandf, professor of 
botany at Cartagena in Spain.] A genus of 
plants of the natural order Wfvpmll0fWM0 and 
tribe .{iiiirrliini'iv. It Is characterized by a large corol- 
la, which Is partially gihlnjus at the bate and open at the 
throat, and by the cells of the anther at length becoming 
confluent. The plant* are climbing herb*, supporting 
themselves by their twisted petiole* and flower-iUlkn 
They have hastate leave*, either angularly lobed or coarse 
ly dentate, and showy violet, purple, or row-colored axil 
lary flowers. There are 6 specie*, found in Mexico and 
Texas, very ornamental and frequently cultivated. The spe- 
cie* M. erubescent and M. scandens were formerly cla**ed 
a* Lophospcrinum, while the old M. antirrhinijtora 1* now 
referred to A ntirrhinum. 
Mauresque (ma-resk'), n. Same as Moresque. 
Mauretanian (ma-re-ta'ni-an), a. and n. See 
MauritaniiiH. 
Maurist (ma'rist), n. [< Mnur (see def.) + 
-/-'. | A member of the Congregation of St. 
Maur, a Benedictine order founded in France 
in 1618, which was distinguished for the schol- 
arship and literary labors of its members, it 
had many flourishing house*, but was suppressed in the 
Revolution. An attempt was made to reestablish it In 
the abbey of Solesme*. 
Mauritanian (ma-ri-ta'ni-au), a. and n. [Also 
Mauretanian; < L. Mauritania, Mauritania, < 
Gr. MavpiTavia, country of the Mauri, < Mauri, 
Gr. Mavpot, Moors: see Moor*, and cf. Morion.] 
I. a. Of or pertaining to Mauritania, an ancient 
kingdom of northwestern Africa, afterward a 
Roman province, corresponding to parts of mod- 
ern Morocco and Algeria. 
II. n. One of the race inhabiting ancient 
Mauritania, called by the Romans Mauri, an- 
cestors of the modern Berbers, or true Moors. 
See Moor*. 
Mauritia (ma-rish'ia), n. [ N L. (Karl Linueuh 
the younger, 1781), named in honor of Prince 
Maurice of Nassau.] A genus of South Ameri- 
can palms belonging to the tribe Le]>idocaryea> 
and the subtribe Mauritiea; characterized by 
flowers in catkins borne on the branches of the 
spikes, and by furrowless seeds. They often attain 
the height of lOOor 150 feet, and bear a crown of enormous 
fan-shaped leaves. There are 9 specie*, found In Irazil, 
Guiana, and the West Indies. M. vinijcra, the Brazilian 
wine-palm or buritl. and M. Jlcxuosa, the inorlchf or ita- 
palm, are of great importance tn the natives of the regions 
where they grow. See buriti and ita-palm. 
Mauritie* (ma-ri-ti'e-e), n.pl. [NL. (Bentham 
andHooker, 1883), < Mauritia + -e<p.] Asubtribe 
of South American palms of the tribe Lepido- 
caryea', distinguished by the fan-shaped leaves. 
It embraces 2 genera (Mauritia, the type, and Lepidoca- 
rg/um)and 14 specie*, which are confined to Brazil, Guiana, 
and the West Indie*. 
Mauritius-weed (ma-rish'us-wed), . A lichen, 
Koccella fuciformis, which yields archil. 
Maurolicidse (nia-ro-lis'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Maurolicus + -ida?.] A family of iniomous 
fishes, typified by the genus Maurolicus. They 
have a compressed claviform body, no scales, but rows of 
phosphorescent spots along the sides of the abdomen and 
scattered spots on the head, a deeply cleft mouth, and the 
margin of the upper jaw formed laterally by the supra- 
maxillarles, which are dentlgerous. The species are in- 
habitants of the high and deep sea*. By some authors 
they are referred to the family Sternoptychidtg a* a sub- 
family Cocciina or Cocciina. 
Maurolicus (ina-rol'i-kus), n. [NLi., named 
after Maurolieo, an Italian naturalist.] A ge- 
nus of iniomous fishes, typical of the family 
Maurolicida'. The species longest known is ii. 
borealis, the argentine. 
Mauser gun. See </!. 
mausolet (ma'sol), n. [< L. mausoleum: see 
A tomb or mausoleum. 
What rarer Mausole may my bone* Include ? 
Sylvester, .Sonnet* on the Miraculous Peace In France, ill. 
mausolean (ma-so-le'an), a. [< mausoleum + 
-an.] Of or pertaining to a mausoleum ; mon- 
umental. 
They shall lie honourably interred In mausnUan tombs. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 218. 
That new Pile 
For the departed, built with curious pain* 
And mausolean pomp. 
Wordsworth, Breadalbane's Ruined Mansion. 
mausoleum (ma-so-le'um), n. [< L. mauso- 
leum, < Gr. pavcju/fiov, the tomb of Mausolus 
(see def.), hence any splendid tomb, < ' 
ou)jof, Mausolus.] 1. [.cap.] In Gr. arctut'il. .:< 
very large and magnificent edifice adorned 
with sculpture, built by O,ueen Artemisia of 
Caria as the tomb of her husband, King Man- 
M'lus, at Halicarnassus, about 350 B. < ., rank- 
ing as one of the seven wonders of the world. 
Hence 2. Any splendid tomb; a grand or 
stately sepulchral monument or edifice, now 
usually designed to contain a number of tombs : 
a-, the nmuxoli-um of a royal family. 
