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Definition of Mallet

1. Noun. A sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball.

2. Noun. A light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc..

3. Noun. A tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing.

Definition of Mallet

1. n. A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.

Definition of Mallet

1. Noun. A type of articulated locomotive, in which there are two powered trucks, with the rear truck being rigidly attached to the main body and boiler of the locomotive, while the front powered truck is attached to the rear by a hinge, so that it may swing from side to side, and with the front end of the boiler resting upon a sliding bearing on the swinging front truck. ¹

2. Noun. A small maul with a short handle, used especially for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like. ¹

3. Noun. A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger. ¹

4. Noun. A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet. ¹

5. Noun. The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo. ¹

6. Verb. To strike with a mallet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mallet

1. a type of hammer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mallet

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malleolus lateralis malleolus medialis malleotomy malles mallestigite mallet (current term) mallet finger mallet toe malleted malleting

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Literary usage of Mallet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"mallet was employed to di- rert the public odium, and tura it upon the unfortunate Admiral Byng. For this purpose he wrote a paper under the character of Л ..."

2. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"embank ; punish (with a mallet), ... F.: mallet punishment (striking with mallet) ; twig (small stick)t- ..."

3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"Illustrated description of a mallet compound for the So. ... Central South African mallet Compound. Illustrated description of an engine designed for a 3 ft ..."

4. Works by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1838)
"While he was in the Prince's service he published "Mustapha," with a prologue by Thomson, not mean, hut far inferior to that which he received from mallet ..."

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