maund
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /mɔːnd/
Noun

maund (plural maunds)

  1. A wicker basket.
  2. A unit of capacity with various specific local values.
  3. (regional) A handbasket with two lids.
Noun

maund (plural maunds)

  1. (historical) A unit of weight in southern and western Asia, whose value varied widely by location. Two maunds made one chest of opium in East India. One maund equalled 136 pounds of opium in Turkey.
Translations
  • Portuguese: mane
  • Russian: ман
Noun

maund (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) begging
Verb

maund (maunds, present participle maunding; past and past participle maunded)

  1. (archaic) to beg
  2. (obsolete) To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.



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