'Maukin' definitions:
Definition of 'Maukin'
From: GCIDE
- Maukin \Mau"kin\, n.
- 1. See Malkin. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A hare. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'maukin'
From: GCIDE
- Malkin \Mal"kin\, n. [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Cf. Grimalkin.] [Written also maukin.]
- 1. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A scarecrow. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mil.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon. [1913 Webster]