Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Malkin \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.