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/ˈmælɪt/
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ˈmælɪt
Noun
A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
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Carpenters use mallets for assembling.
We used a mallet to drive the tent pegs into the ground.
A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
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The Mallet of arms, according to the representation of it given by Father Daniel, exactly resembles the wooden instrument of that name, now in use, except in the length of the handle, it was like the hammer of arms, to be used with both hands, indeed it differed very little from that weapon in its form.
A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
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I had had no opportunity as yet of passing on Poirot’s message to Lawrence. But now, as I strolled out on the lawn, still nursing a grudge against my friend’s high-handedness, I saw Lawrence on the croquet lawn, aimlessly knocking a couple of very ancient balls about, with a still more ancient mallet.
The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.
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I regularly have cause to recall a scene from a novel called Madder Music, by Peter de Vries, in which the main character, a writer who specialises in polo, hears a match announcer telling newcomers to the ground that, contrary to popular belief, the ball is struck with the side of the mallet, rather than the end.
Verb
To beat or strike with, or as if with, a mallet.
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[…] and when a couple of insurgents ran in to make the capture she malleted them with her rifle.
Noun
a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
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a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
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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
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