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  1. 1. n. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A heavy blow. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. A court of justice. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. A place where justice is administered. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. A place where public meetings are held. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace Source: wordnet
  12. 12. 1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. Addison. 2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] Spenser. 3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. Cotton. 4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall. Southey. To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul. Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly. Hence: (a) A court of justice. (b) A place where justice is administered. (c) A place where public meetings are held. Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased. Milman. Source: webster

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