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A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything
with force; a maul. |
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A heavy blow. |
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An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See
Pall-mall. |
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A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public
walk; a level shaded walk. |
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To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to
bruise; to maul. |
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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. |
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A court of justice. |
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A place where justice is administered. |
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A place where public meetings are held. |