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MAULING
Noun
mauling (plural maulings)
An instance of something being mauled.
Verb
mauling
present participle of maul
Anagrams
• aluming
Source: Wiktionary
Maul"ing, n.
Definition: A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist.
MAUL
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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