Maw
Maw (ma) , noun
[See Mew a gull.]
(Zoology) A gull.
Maw , noun
[Old English mawe, Anglo-Saxon maga stomach; akin to Dutch maag, Old High German mago, German magen, Icelandic magi, Swedish mage, Danish mave. r103.]
1.
A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, except humorously or in contempt. — Chaucer
Bellies and maws of living creatures.
2.
Appetite; inclination. [Obsolete]
Unless you had more maw to do me good.
Collocations (1)
Maw , noun
An old game at cards. — Sir A. Weldon