MAUL

maul, sledge, sledgehammer

(noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

maul, mangle

(verb) injure badly by beating

maul

(verb) split (wood) with a maul and wedges

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

maul (plural mauls)

A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.

(rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.

Synonyms

• (weapon): club, mace

Hyponyms

• (long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul

• (rugby): rolling maul

Verb

maul (third-person singular simple present mauls, present participle mauling, simple past and past participle mauled)

To handle someone or something in a rough way.

To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).

(figuratively) To criticise harshly.

(transitive) To beat with the heavy hammer called a maul.

Anagrams

• Lamu, alum, luma, malu, mula

Source: Wiktionary


Maul, n. Etym: [See Mall a hammer.]

Definition: A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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