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▪ I. maa, v.|mɑː|
[Echoic, in imitation of the sound made by a sheep or goat. Cf. mae v.]
intr. To bleat. Hence as n. and ˈmaaing vbl. n.
1827G. Darley Sylvia ii. i. 34 It will make me ma-a like a he-goat on a rock-top when he misses the beard of his charmer. 1886J. Stewart Twa Elders 147 The boys would maa and bleat. 1922Joyce Ulysses 162 All are washed in the blood of the lamb, bawling maaaaaa. 1928Blackw. Mag. Mar. 324/1 Poor old goat!.. His caperings were fantastic, his maaings continuous. 1940N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys (1941) xvii. 268 ‘M-a-a-ah,’ said Rattisbon with a formidable and sheep-like cry.
▪ II. maa
obs. f. make v.; var. mo Obs., more. |