3 entries under this word
(mawl) (Synop., § 130), n. [Written also maul.] [Fr. mail, O. Fr. maule, mail, Pr. malh, Pg. malho, O. Sp. mallo, It. maglio, malleo, Lat. malleus.]
Sense 1. A large, heavy, wooden beetle; an instrument for driving any thing with force; a maul.
Sense 2. A blow. [Obs.] Spenser.
(mawl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. MALLED; p. pr. & vb. n. MALLING.] [O. Fr. meiller. See supra and MALLEATE.] To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
(măl), n. [Originally a walk where they played with malls and balls.] 1. 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.
Sense 2. A pleading house; a court.
Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased. Milman.