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English Dictionary: mallet by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mallet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mallet
n
  1. a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
  2. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
    Synonym(s): mallet, hammer
  3. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
    Synonym(s): mallet, beetle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mallet \Mal"let\, n. [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See {Mall} a
      beetle.]
      A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a
      tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a
      long handle, -- used in playing croquet.
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