mawk

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mawk \Mawk\ (m[add]k), n. [OE. mauk, ma[eth]ek, Icel. ma[eth]kr;
   akin to Dan. maddik, and E. mad an earthworm. See {Mad}, n.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A maggot. [Scot.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A slattern; a mawks. [Prov. Eng.]
      [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

mawk

   <language, tool> An faster implementation of {nawk} written by
   Mike Brennan at Boeing in 1991 and distributed under {GPL} but
   distinct from {GNU}'s {gawk}.

   Interpreter version 1.1.3 has been ported to {Sun-3},
   {Sun-4}/{SunOS} 4.0.3; {Vax}/{BSD} 4.3, {ULTRIX} 4.1;
   {Stardent} 3000/{SYSV}R3; {DECStation}/{ULTRIX} 4.1,
   {MS-DOS}/{Turbo C++}.

   (ftp://oxy.edu/public/mawk).

   (2000-05-04)