Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: MAL'IN-GER-ER – MALT
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MAL'IN-GER-ER, n. [Fr. malingre.]
In military language, a soldier who feigns himself sick.
MAL'IN-GER-Y, n.
Feigned sickness.
MAL'I-SON, n.
Malediction. [Not in use.] Chaucer.
MAL-KIN, n. [maw'kin.]
A mop; also, a low maid servant. Shak.
MALL, n.1 [maul; Fr. mail; Sp. mallo; Port. malho; from L. malleus.]
- A large heavy wooden beetle; an instrument for driving anything with force.
- A blow. [Obs.] Spenser.
MALL, n.2 [mal; Arm. mailh. Qu. from a play with mall and ball, or a beaten walk.]
A public walk; a level shaded walk. Allce d'arbes battue et bordie. Gregoire's Arm. Dict.
MALL, v.t. [maul.]
To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.
MAL'LARD, n.
A species of duck of the genus Anas. Pennant.
MAL-LE-A-BIL'I-TY, n. [from malleable.]
That quality of bodies which renders them susceptible of extension by beating. It is opposed to friability or brittleness. Locke.
MAL'LE-A-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. malleus. See Mall.]
That may be drawn out and extended by beating; capable of extension by the hammer; a quality of metals, particularly of gold. Newton.
Malleability, — which see.
MAL'LE-ATE, v.t.
To hammer; to draw into a plate or leaf by beating.
MAL'LE-A-TED, pp.
Hammered; drawn into a plate by beating.
MAL-LE-A'TION, n.
The act of beating into a plate or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating.
MALL'ED, pp.
Beaten with something heavy; bruised.
MAL'LET, n. [Fr. maillet; Russ. molot; Slav. mlat; L. malleus.]
A wooden hammer or instrument for beating, or for driving pins; particularly used in carpentry, for driving the chisel.
MALL'ING, ppr. [maul'ing.]
Bruising; beating with something heavy.
MAL-LOW, or MAL-LOWS, n. [Sax. malu, mealwe, malwe, Fr. mauve; L. Sp. and It. malva; Gr. μαλαχη, from μαλακος, soft, Eng. mellow; W. mall. See Malady.]
A plant of the genus Malva; so called from its emollient qualities. Marsh-mallows, a plant of the genus Althæa.
MALM'SEY, n. [Fr. malvoisie; It. malvosio; Sp. marvisia, from Malvasia, in Greece; L. vinum arvisium.]
The name of a sort of grape, and also of a kind of wine.
MAL-O'DOR, n.
An offensive odor.
MAL-PO-SI'TION, n.
A wrong position.
MAL-PRAC'TICE, n. [mal and practice.]
Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules.
MALT, n. [Sax. mealt; D. mout; G. malz; Sw. and Dan. malt. Qu. W. mall, soft.]
Barley steeped in water, fermented and dried in a kiln, and thus prepared for brewing into ale or beer.
MALT, v.i.
To become malt. To house it green will make it malt worse. Mortimer.
MALT, v.t.
To make into malt; as, to malt barley.