6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mall  \Mall\  (m[add]l;  277),  n.  [Written  also  {maul}.]  [OE. 
  malle,  F.  mail  L.  malleus.  Cf  {Malleus}.] 
  1.  A  large  heavy  wooden  beetle;  a  mallet  for  driving  anything 
  with  force;  a  maul.  --Addison. 
 
  2.  A  heavy  blow.  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  3.  An  old  game  played  with  malls  or  mallets  and  balls.  See 
  {Pall-mall}.  --Cotton. 
 
  4.  A  place  where  the  game  of  mall  was  played.  Hence:  A  public 
  walk;  a  level  shaded  walk. 
 
  Part  of  the  area  was  laid  out  in  gravel  walks,  and 
  planted  with  elms;  and  these  convenient  and 
  frequented  walks  obtained  the  name  of  the  City  Mall. 
  --Southey. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mall  \Mall\  (m[add]l),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Malled}  (m[add]ld); 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Malling}.]  [Cf.  OF  mailler.  See  {Mall} 
  beetle,  and  cf  {Malleate}.] 
  To  beat  with  a  mall;  to  beat  with  something  heavy;  to  bruise; 
  to  maul. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mall  \Mall\  (m[a^]l),  n.  [LL.  mallum  a  public  assembly;  cf  OHG. 
  mahal  assembly,  transaction;  akin  to  AS  m[ae][eth]el, 
  me[eth]el,  assembly,  m[=ae]lan  to  speak,  Goth.  ma[thorn]l 
  market  place.] 
  Formerly,  among  Teutonic  nations,  a  meeting  of  the  notables 
  of  a  state  for  the  transaction  of  public  business,  such 
  meeting  being  a  modification  of  the  ancient  popular  assembly. 
  Hence: 
  a  A  court  of  justice. 
  b  A  place  where  justice  is  administered. 
  c  A  place  where  public  meetings  are  held. 
 
  Councils,  which  had  been  as  frequent  as  diets  or 
  malls,  ceased.  --Milman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maul  \Maul\,  n.  [See  {Mall}  a  hammer.] 
  A  heavy  wooden  hammer  or  beetle.  [Written  also  {mall}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mall 
  n  1:  a  public  area  set  aside  as  a  pedestrian  walk  [syn:  {promenade}] 
  2:  a  modern  complex  of  shops;  "a  good  plaza  should  have  a  movie 
  house";  "they  spent  their  weekends  at  the  local  malls" 
  [syn:  {plaza},  {center},  {shopping  mall},  {shopping  center}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  mall 
 
    A  collection  of  {World-Wide  Web}  documents 
  featuring  commercial  products  and  services,  usually  served  by 
  one  particualr  {Internet}  {access  provider}. 
 
  (1995-04-10) 
 
 

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