Mal"kin (?), n. [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Cf. Grimalkin.] [Written also maukin.]
1.
Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
Chaucer.
2.
A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.
3.
A scarecrow.
[Prov. Eng.]
4. Mil.
A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
© Webster 1913.