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Pronunciation : Mall
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf. Malleus.]
Definition : 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.

[Written also maul.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Mall
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. OF. mailler. See Mall beetle, and cf. Malleate.]
Definition : Defn: To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.

t. [imp. & p. p. Malled; p. pr. & vb. n. Malling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Mall
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG. mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. m?, me, assembly, m to speak, Goth. mapl market place.]
Definition : Defn: 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's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913