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

Fr. maulgré, in spite of.

MAWMENT, s. An idol.
Wyntown.

Chaucer maumet, id. corr. from Mahomet.

MAWSIE, s. A drab, a trollop, S.

Isl. mas, nugamentum, masa, nugor.

MAWN, s. A basket, S. B.; maund, E.

To MAWTEN, v. n. To begin to spring; applied to steeped grain, S.

Su. G. maelt-a, hordeum potui praeparare, from miaell, soft.

To Mawten, v. n. To become tough and heavy.

Mawtent, part. pa.
1. Applied to grain which has acquired a peculiar taste, from not being thoroughly dried, Lanerks.
2. Dull, sluggish, Ang.