1. A maggot. [Scot.]
2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]
MAWKIN
Maw"kin, n.
Defn: See Malkin, and Maukin.
MAWKINGLY
Mawk"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: Slatternly. [Obs.]
MAWKISH
Mawk"ish, a. Etym: [Orig., maggoty. See Mawk.]
1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting. So sweetly mawkish', and so smoothly dull. Pope.
2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious. J. H. Newman.
MAWKISHLY
Mawk"ish*ly, adv.