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maul

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maul
1. a heavy two-handed hammer suitable for driving piles, wedges, etc.
2. Rugby a loose scrum that forms around a player who is holding the ball and on his feet
maul [mȯl]
(engineering)
rammer
maul, mall
maul
1. A heavy, wooden mallet. 2.See beetle.
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Then, with the maul, after repeatedly smiting the upper end of this iron rod, he placed the blunted needle endwise on the top of it, and less strongly hammered that, several times, the mate still holding the rod as before.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
His body was theirs to maul, to stamp upon, to tolerate.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
A tin dinner-horn rested in cleats just under Harvey's right hand, beside an ugly-looking maul, a short gaff, and a shorter wooden stick.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
 
 
 
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