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Webster 1913 Edition

Mall

Mall

(ma̤l; 277)
,
Noun.
[Written also
maul
.]
[OE.
malle
, F.
mail
, L.
malleus
. Cf.
Malleus
.]
1.
A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
Addison.
2.
A heavy blow.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
3.
An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See
Pall-mall
.
Cotton.
4.
A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City
Mall
.
Southey.

Mall

(ma̤l)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Malled
(ma̤ld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Malling
.]
[Cf. OF.
mailler
. See
Mall
beetle, and cf.
Malleate
.]
To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.

Mall

(măl)
,
Noun.
[LL.
mallum
a public assembly; cf. OHG.
mahal
assembly, transaction; akin to AS.
mæðel
,
meðel
, assembly,
mǣlan
to speak, Goth.
maþl
market place.]
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.
Hence:
(a)
A court of justice.
(b)
A place where justice is administered.
(c)
A place where public meetings are held.
Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or
malls
, ceased.
Milman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mall

MALL

,
Noun.
maul. [L. malleus.]
1.
A large heavy wooden beetle; an instrument for driving any thing with force.
2.
A blow.

MALL

,
Noun.
mal.
A public walk; a level shaded walk.

MALL

,
Verb.
T.
maul. To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.

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