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maul |
5 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]: Maul \Maul\, n. [See {Mall} a hammer.] A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also {mall}.] 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: maul n : a heavy long-handle hammer used to drive stakes or wedges [syn: {sledge}, {sledgehammer}] v 1: split (wood) with a maul and wedges 2: injure badly by beating [syn: {mangle}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Maul an old name for a mallet, the rendering of the Hebrew mephits (Prov. 25:18), properly a war-club.
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