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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Maunder \Maund"er\, verb (used with an object) To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Maunder \Maund"er\, noun A beggar. [Obs.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Maund \Maund\, Maunder \Maund"er\, verb (used without an object) [Cf. F. mendier to beg, E. mendicant.] 1. To beg. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl. 2. To mutter; to mumble; 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. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: verb 2: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [syn: {mumble}, {mutter}, {mussitate}] 3: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle}, {twaddle}, {clack}, {prattle}, {blab}, {gibber}, {tattle}, {blabber}, {gabble}] |
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