Maul

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Maul - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

An old name for a mallet, the rendering of the Hebrew mephits (Prov. 25:18), properly a war-club.

Maul - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

MAUL, n. [L. malleus. See Mall.]

A heavy wooden hammer; written also mall.

MAUL, v.t. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.

Meek modern faith to murder, hack and maul.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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