mawed

English

Etymology

From maw +‎ -ed.

Adjective

mawed (not comparable)

  1. Having a maw (of a specified kind).
    • 1851, Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord, Caius Gracchus:
      […] Which, piling private ill on public wrong, / Beneath the garb of patriotism hides / Its large-mawed cravings […]
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