maund

noun

1. A wicker basket.
2. A unit of capacity with various specific local values.
3. (regional)A handbasket with two lids.
4. A unit of weight in south and west Asia, whose value varies widely by location.

   “Now the rail has come, and the fire-carriage says buz-buz-buz, and a hundred lakhs of maunds slide across that big bridge.”

   “One mann or maund is approximately 37.32 kilograms.”

5. (archaic, uncountable)begging

verb

1. (archaic)to beg

   “He maunds Abram, he begs as a madde man.”

   “You must hereafter maund on your own pads”

2. (obsolete)To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.

name

1. A surname.