mouncht

An obsolete form of munch. mound1 (mound), n. [ manus, hand) power, protection, guardianship, esp. in comp., in legal use; not found in sense of 'hill,' but cf. mund - beorh, a protecting hill; = OFries. mund, mond = OHG. munt = Icel. mund, protection; perhaps ult. related to L. mon(t-)s, a hill, mountain, > E. mount1, with which mound1 has been somewhat confused: see mount1.] 1. A protection; restraint; curb. Such as broke through all mounds of law. South , Sermons. arge hanging ging lips: lips: