Maul : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Maul	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Maul
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maul n a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges Synonym(s): maul, sledge, sledgehammer v split (wood) with a maul and wedges injure badly by beating Synonym(s): maul, mangle
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 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 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.