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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.
c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 643/2 Hic cimex, mawke. c1440Alphabet of Tales 332 Att þe laste mawkis bred þerin. c1440Promp. Parv. 321/1 Make, mathe, wyrm yn þe flesche. 1623Sanderson 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. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 79 In what part of the woll soever it bee, there will malkes breede immediately. 1684G. Meriton Praise Yorks. Ale, etc., Clavis, Mawks are Maddocks. 1789Davidson Seasons 5 The cloken hen to the midden rins..To scrape for mauks. 179.Pegge Derbicisms (E.D.S.) 112 Mox, moths. 1894Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 73 A mawk on a sheep's hurdie. |