English Dictionary: mauling | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for mauling | |
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. |