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<h1>Mall</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mall</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Malled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Malling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>mailler</ets>. See <er>Mall</er> beetle, and cf. <er>Malleate</er>.]</ety> <def>To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.</def>

<h1>Mall</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mall</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>mallum</ets> a public assembly; cf. OHG. <ets>mahal</ets> assembly, transaction; akin to AS. <ets>m\'91<?/el</ets>, <ets>me<?/el</ets>, assembly, <ets>m<?/lan</ets> to speak, Goth. <ets>mapl</ets> market place.]</ety> <def>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</def>. Hence: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A court of justice</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A place where justice is administered</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A place where public meetings are held.</def>

<blockquote>Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or <b>malls</b>, ceased. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<-- 2. See MW10] (a) A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians. (b) The paved or grassy strip between two roadways. (c) A shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or exclusively pedestrian use; inn cities the concourse is usually a city street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient highway, may be large, contained in one building or multiple buildings connected by (usually covered) walkways. -->

<h1>Mallard</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal"lard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>malari</ets>,fr. <ets>m\'83le</ets> male + <ets>-art =-ard</ets>. See <er>Male</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>-ard</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A drake; the male of <spn>Anas boschas</spn>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large wild duck (<spn>Anas boschas</spn>) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also <altname>greenhead</altname>.</def>

<h1>Malleability</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal"le*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[CF. F. <ets>mall\'82abilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being malleable; -- opposed to <i>friability</i> and <i>brittleness</i>.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Malleable</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal"le*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mall\'82able</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>malleare</ets> to hammer. See <er>Malleate</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals.</def>

<cs><col>Malleable iron</col>, <cd>iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under <er>Iron</er>.</cd> -- <col>Malleable iron castings</col>, <cd>articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by heating then for several days in the presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives the cast iron of some of its carbon.</cd></cs>

<h1>Malleableize</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal"le*a*ble*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make malleable.</def>

<h1>Malleableness</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal"le*a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being malleable.</def>

<h1>Malleal</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal"le*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the malleus.</def>

<h1>Malleate</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal"le*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Malleated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Malleating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>malleatus</ets> hammered, fr. <ets>malleus</ets> a hammer. See <er>Mall</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.</def>

<h1>Malleation</h1> <Xpage=887>

<hw>Mal`le*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>malleatio</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>mall\'82ation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.</def>

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<h1>Mallecho</h1> <Xpage=888>

<hw>Mal"le*cho</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Malicho</er>.</def>