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Pronunciation : Maul
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Mall a hammer.]
Definition : Defn: A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Maul
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

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