mawk Obs. exc. dial.
(mɔːk)
Also 5 mawke, 5, 7 make, 6–8 mauk, 7 mauke, malke, 8 pl. mox.
[ad. ON. maðk-r: see maddock.]
= maggot.
| c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 643/2 Hic cimex, mawke. c 1440 Alphabet of Tales 332 Att þe laste mawkis bred þerin. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 321/1 Make, mathe, wyrm yn þe flesche. 1623 Sanderson Serm. I. 93 He is a sorry shepherd, that is busie to kill flies and maukes in his sheep, but letteth the wolf worry at pleasure. 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 79 In what part of the woll soever it bee, there will malkes breede immediately. 1684 G. Meriton Praise Yorks. Ale, etc., Clavis, Mawks are Maddocks. 1789 Davidson Seasons 5 The cloken hen to the midden rins..To scrape for mauks. 179. Pegge Derbicisms (E.D.S.) 112 Mox, moths. 1894 Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 73 A mawk on a sheep's hurdie. |