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A hand basket. [Obs.] Herrick.

e; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently. He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils. Sir W. Scott.

To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.

One who maunders.

A pick with two prongs, to pry with.

er coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for the Maundy alms.

The Thursday in Passion week, or next before Good Friday.

Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.

of a steam engine sometimes collapses. A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. Maunder.

Made for the occasion; for the time being. [Obs.] "Extemporary habitations." Maundrell.

A cool walk; shady place. [R.] Maunder.

Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly. Maunder.

To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

ay. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. -- Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places. -- Holy water (Gr.…

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A sealing up. [Obs.] Maunder.

Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree. Maunder.

Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or luster like that of brass. Maunder.

Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal. [R.] Maunder.

An instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing. Maunder.