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MALL, sb.1 Sc. Wor. Shr. Also written mawl se.Wor.1 [mǭl.] 1. In comp. (1) Mall-beetle, a heavy wooden hammer. Shr.1; (2) Mall-stick, a heavy piece of wood used for driving stakes into the ground. se.Wor.1 2. Phr. mall in shaft, all right, able to carry on one's business, keeping straight on. See Mell, sb.1 3 (6). Dmf. You see we are rather rising than falling, ‘mall in shaft,’
at any rate, Carlyle Lett. in Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 1898) 451.
MALL, sb.2 Som. A ploughshare. (Hall.)
MALL, see Maul, sb.7, Mell, sb.2, Moll, sb.1