An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Gael. maigheach, id.

2. Metaph. a subject of discourse or disputation.
Boswell.

MAULIFUFF, s. A female without energy.

Germ. mal, speech, and pfuffen to blow.

To MAUM, v. n.
1. To soften and swell by means of water, S.
2. To become mellow, S.

Teut. molm, caries, et pulvis ligni cariosi.

Maumie, adj. Mellow, S.

MAUN, aux. v. Must.
V. [Mon].

MAUN, used as forming a superlative, S.
Ferguson.
Muckle maun, very big or large.

A. S. maegen, in composition, great or large.