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▪ I. † ˈmaunding, vbl. n. Cant. Obs. [f. maund v.1 + -ing1.] The act of begging; an instance of this; an abusive demand.
1610Rowlands Martin Mark-all G 4 b, Being borne and bred vp in the trade of maunding, nipping, and foisting. 1620Middleton & Rowley World Tost at Tennis 4 If you take me a maunding,..let 'em show me the House of Correction. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 116 He dealt fairly with him; not reckoning by his maundings and rough language. 1791–1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1859) II. 312 Uttering a silly maunding, or demanding of charity. ▪ II. † ˈmaunding, a. Cant. Obs. [f. maund v.1 + -ing2.] Mendicant.
1636W. Cartwright Royall Slave iv. iii, Some counterfeiting trick of such maunding people. c1645Roxb. Ball. (1886) VI. 321 A maunding Cove that doth it love. 1713C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 61 My Wife, acknowledg'd such thro' maunding Tribes, As long as mutual Love..can bind our easy Faiths. |