Mawn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɔːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mawn is a noun meaning (Scotland, dialect) A maund; a basket or hamper.
Meaning
(Scotland, dialect) A maund; a basket or hamper.
More Meanings
- A ghost.
Example Sentences
[…] throughout the mawn pools and larger bogs of Radnorshire but the largest numbers in Wales are found in the old county of […]
[…] the wastes made impassable by crevasses; the mawn-pits that could swallow a man and his mount before either was aware of them.
None of the natives who had come in the boat would touch the body, or even go near it, saying, the mawn would come; that is literally, ‘the spirit of the deceased would seize them’.
There are some extensive mawn pits near this village, from whence the inhabitants procure their chief fuel: it is cut up and harvested in the summer, and with a little wood makes a very good fire.
Word Forms
- mawns
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include maund, maunder, muckle, mawpuses, maukin, manche.
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