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



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