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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Dim. of

Maud

, the proper name. Cf.

[Written also

maukin

Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.

Chaucer.

A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.

A scarecrow.

[Prov. Eng.]

(Mil.)

A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.

Noun.

maw'kin. A mop; also, a low maid-servant.