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Definition for MAW
MA'VIS
MAWK
MAW
, n. [Sax.
maga
; Sw.
mage
; D.
maag
; G.
magen
.]
The stomach of brutes; applied to the stomach of human beings in contempt only.
The craw of fowls. Arbuthnot.
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