Chapter Maturely to May of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Maw
(Maw), n. [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave. &radic103.]

1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; — now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. Chaucer.

Bellies and maws of living creatures.

Bacon.

2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.]

Unless you had more maw to do me good.

Beau. & Fl.

Fish maw. (Zoöl.) See under Fish.

Maw
(Maw), n. An old game at cards. Sir A. Weldon.

Mawk
(Mawk) n. [OE. mauk, maðek, Icel. maðkr; akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm. See Mad, n.]

1. A maggot. [Scot.]

2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]

Mawkin
(Maw"kin) n. See Malkin, and Maukin.

Mawkingly
(Mawk"ing*ly) adv. Slatternly. [Obs.]

Mawkish
(Mawk"ish), a. [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. In a mawkish way.

Mawkishness
(Mawk"ish*ness), n. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.

Mawks
(Mawks) n. A slattern; a mawk. [Prov. Eng.]

Mawky
(Mawk"y) a. Maggoty. [Prov. Eng.]

Mawmet
(Maw"met) n. [Contr. fr. Mahomet.] A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped images representing Mohammed. [Obs.] Wyclif. Beau. & Fl.

Mawmetry
(Maw"met*ry) n. The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See Mawmet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mawmish
(Maw"mish) a. [Prov. E. maum soft, mellow, rotten; cf. OD. molm rotten wood, G. mulm.] Nauseous. [Obs.] L' Estrange.

Mawseed
(Maw"seed`) n. [Cf. G. magsamen.] (Bot.) The seed of the opium poppy.

Mawworm
(Maw"worm`) n. [Maw the belly + worm.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm and allied species. (b) One of the larvæ of botflies of horses; a bot.