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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maund \Maund\, n. [Hind, & Per. man.] An East Indian weight, varying in different localities from 25 to about 82 pounds avoirdupois.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries; "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. 1 A wicker basket. 2 A unit of capacity with various specific local values. 3 (lb en regional) A handbasket with two lids. n. 1 A wicker basket. 2 A unit of capacity with various specific local values. 3 (lb en regional) A handbasket with ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The maund is the anglicized name for a traditional unit of mass used in British India , and also in Afghanistan , Persia and Arabia : the same unit in the Moghul Empire was sometimes written as mun in English, while the equivalent unit in the Ottoman Empire ...
Usage examples of maund.
Liza Reeves, copy editor Jean Maund, and test readers Val Gemmell and Stella Graham.
Maund, and test readers Valeric Gemmell, Edith Graham, Stella Graham, Stan Nicholls and Tom Taylor, whose advice throughout was invaluable.
I feel no pain, neither desire I to have it healed, but I will travel with my great cleym from market to market, being able by my maunding to get quite five shillings in a week, in money and in corn.
It was the Pakistani table, with a display sponsored by the Economics Club, detailing how the market for maunds (a Pakistani unit of measurement) of rice was falling.
We moved some of the maunds and sat there anyway, right on the tabletop, so we could see everything.
Stella Graham, the finest of proof-readers, and Liza Reeves, Jean Maund, Shane Jarvis, Jonathan Poore, Stewart Dunn, Julia Laidlaw and Tom Taylor.