▪ I. † ˈmaunding, vbl. n. Cant. Obs.
[f. maund v.1 + -ing1.]
The act of begging; an instance of this; an abusive demand.
| 1610 Rowlands Martin Mark-all G 4 b, Being borne and bred vp in the trade of maunding, nipping, and foisting. 1620 Middleton & Rowley World Tost at Tennis 4 If you take me a maunding,..let 'em show me the House of Correction. a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 116 He dealt fairly with him; not reckoning by his maundings and rough language. 1791–1823 D'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.
| 1636 W. Cartwright Royall Slave iv. iii, Some counterfeiting trick of such maunding people. c 1645 Roxb. Ball. (1886) VI. 321 A maunding Cove that doth it love. 1713 C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 61 My Wife, acknowledg'd such thro' maunding Tribes, As long as mutual Love..can bind our easy Faiths. |