Mallet

  • 71mallet — /mal it/, n. 1. a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface. 2. the wooden implement used to strike the balls in …

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  • 72Mallet — noun / leɪ/ 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… …

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  • 73Mallet — Деревянный молоток; колотушка (для выколачивания наборной формы) …

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  • 74mallet — mal·let (malґət) a hammerlike tool, usually with a nonmetallic head, for striking something without leaving a mark …

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  • 75mallet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hammer, club, maul. See sculpture, instrumentality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. maul, mall, club; see hammer …

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  • 76mallet — mal|let [ˈmælıt] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: maillet, from mail hammer ] 1.) a wooden hammer with a large end 2.) a wooden hammer with a long handle that you use for playing ↑croquet or ↑polo …

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  • 77mallet — mal|let [ mælət ] noun count 1. ) a wooden hammer with a large piece of wood or rubber on the end 2. ) a long stick with a large piece of wood on the end, used for hitting the ball in CROQUET or POLO …

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  • 78mallet — mal·let || mælɪt n. wooden hammer with a short handle and a long head; long handled wooden hammer used to strike a ball in Croquet or Polo …

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  • 79mallet —    A wooden hammer used to apply force to chisels in wood carving. Also see ballpein hammer, bush hammer, and claw hammer …

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  • 80mallet — noun 1》 a hammer with a large wooden head. 2》 a long handled wooden stick with a head like a hammer, used for hitting a croquet or polo ball. Origin ME: from OFr. maillet, from mail hammer , from L. malleus …

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