MAULS

Noun

mauls

plural of maul

Verb

mauls

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maul

Anagrams

• alums, lumas, malus, musal

Source: Wiktionary


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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