MALLEATE
Etymology
Adjective
malleate (comparative more malleate, superlative most malleate)
(zoology) Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
(malacology, of a shell) Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.
Verb
malleate (third-person singular simple present malleates, present participle malleating, simple past and past participle malleated)
(rare) To beat into shape with a hammer.
Source: Wiktionary
Mal"le*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malleated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Malleating.] Etym: [L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See
Mall, v. t.]
Definition: To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition