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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maul  \Maul\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mauled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Mauling}.] 
  1.  To  beat  and  bruise  with  a  heavy  stick  or  cudgel;  to  wound 
  in  a  coarse  manner. 
 
  Meek  modern  faith  to  murder,  hack,  and  maul.  --Pope. 
 
  2.  To  injure  greatly;  to  do  much  harm  to 
 
  It  mauls  not  only  the  person  misrepreseted,  but  him 
  also  to  whom  he  is  misrepresented.  --South. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mauling  \Maul"ing\,  n. 
  A  severe  beating  with  a  stick,  cudgel,  or  the  fist. 




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