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  1. 1. n. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To injure greatly; to do much harm to. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. split (wood) with a maul and wedges Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. injure badly by beating Source: wordnet
  7. 7. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.] 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
  8. 8. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.] Source: adambom
  9. 9. n:18/v:82 n. a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges v. split (wood) with a maul and wedges v. injure badly by beating Source: ecdict

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