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mall

MALL, n. maul. [L. malleus.]

1. A large heavy wooden beetle; an instrument for driving any thing with force.

2. A blow.

MALL, n. mal. A public walk; a level shaded walk.

MALL, v.t. maul. To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.



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MALL, n. maul. [L. malleus.]

1. A large heavy wooden beetle; an instrument for driving any thing with force.

2. A blow.

MALL, n. mal. A public walk; a level shaded walk.

MALL, v.t. maul. To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.


MALL, n.1 [maul; Fr. mail; Sp. mallo; Port. malho; from L. malleus.]

  1. A large heavy wooden beetle; an instrument for driving anything with force.
  2. A blow. [Obs.] Spenser.

MALL, n.2 [mal; Arm. mailh. Qu. from a play with mall and ball, or a beaten walk.]

A public walk; a level shaded walk. Allce d'arbes battue et bordie. Gregoire's Arm. Dict.


MALL, v.t. [maul.]

To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.


Mall
  1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.

    Addison.
  2. To beat with a mall] to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
  3. 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)
  4. A heavy blow.

    [Obs.] Spenser.
  5. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.

    Cotton.
  6. 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.

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Mall

MALL, noun maul. [Latin malleus.]

1. A large heavy wooden beetle; an instrument for driving any thing with force.

2. A blow.

MALL, noun mal. A public walk; a level shaded walk.

MALL, verb transitive maul. To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.

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CONGE, v.i. To take leave with the customary civilities; to bow or courtesy. The preterite congeed is tolerable in English; but congeing will not be admitted, and congeeing is an anomaly.

Conge delire, in ecclesiastical affairs, the kings license or permission to a dean and chapter, to choose a bishop; or to an abbey or priory of his own foundation, to choose their abbot or prior. The king of Great Britain, as sovereign patron, had formerly the appointment of all ecclesiastical dignities; investing by crosier and ring, and afterwards by letters patent. But now the king, on demand, sends, his conge delire to the dean and chapter, with a letter missive, containing the name of the person he would have them elect, and if they delay the election twelve days, the nomination devolves on the king, who may appoint by letters patent.

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