Maul

MAUL, sb.1 and v.1 Chs. Der. Lin. Nhp. War. Bdf. Hnt. e.An. Also written mawl nw.Der.1 sw.Lin.1 War.4 Bdf. [mǭl, mǫəl.] 1. sb. Clayey or marly soil; earth mixed with manure. Cf. moil, v. 8, mull, sb.1 n.Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 138. e.An.1 Suf. Rainbird Agric. (1819) 246, ed. 1849. Hence Mauly, adj. of soil: sticky. Chs.1 Applied to the soil when there has been rain enough to make it clag on horses' feet or on the wheels of a cart. s.Chs.1 Dhŭr)z bin ŭ bit ŭv ŭ slob·ŭr u ree·n, jùst ŭnùf·fŭr mai·dhŭ graaynd mau·li [There's bin a bit of a slobber o' reen, just enough for may the graïnd mauly]. 2. v. To cover with mud; to besmear. Gen. used in prp. and pp. Cf. moil, v. 2. nw.Der.1 When persons are walking on a muddy road, they will say, ‘What mawling work it is.’ Lin. Adcock Gl. (Hall.) sw.Lin.1 The roads are so muddy, one gets quiet mawled up. So mawling and wet as it is. If you'd seen how mawled I was wi' mucking out the pig-sty.

3. To toil through claggy land. Nhp.1, War.4, Hnt. (T.P.F.)

MAUL, sb.2 w.Som.1 [mǭl.] 1. The stone, usually a pebble cut in half, with which painters grind paint on the ‘maul-stone.’ 2. Comp. Maul-stone, the large stone on which painters grind their colours.

[1. Cp. ON. möl (gen. malar), pebbles (Vigfusson).]

MAUL, sb.3 ? Obs. n.Cy. [Not known to our correspondents.] A moth. (Hall.) [Sw. mal, moth (Widegren); ON. mölr (Vigfusson);

Goth. malo (Mat. vi. 19).]

MAUL, sb.4 Yks. [Not known to our correspondents.]

A gull. Yks. Wkly. Post (Dec. 31, 1898).

MAUL, v.2 and sb.5 Yks. Lan. Chs. Stf. Not. Lin. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. Hrf. Oxf. Hnt. Som. Dev. Cor. Also written mawl sw.Lin.1 s.Wor.1 Oxf.1; and in forms moul n.Dev.; mowly w.Som.1; mull Dev.1; mully n.Dev. [mǭl, mǫəl.]

1. v. To pull about, to handle roughly; to tumble; to finger unnecessarily. w.Yks.5 Doan't be māuling it i' that wāay! Lan. Wi' thee mauling abaat me, Ackworth Clog Shop Chron. (1896) 237. Chs.1 Chs.3 Not. To beat out of shape (J.H.B.). sw.Lin.1 How you've mawled your victuals about. Nhp.1 She came smiling out; saying she hated to be mauled about, Clare Shep. Calendar (1827) 156. War.2 Don't maul the girl so; War.3 Don't maul that fruit so. se.Wor.1 Shr.1 Shepherd's a mighty good-tempered dog ─ 'e lets the childern maul 'im as much as they'n a mind, an' never snaps 'em. Shr., Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). Oxf. Who are you mauling about (G.O.); Oxf.1 ‘Mawl an' limb,’ to pull about in rough play. Hnt. (T.P.F.) w.Som.1 Commonly used respecting young fellows' rustic courtship. ‘For shame! I ont be a mowled [muw·lud, muw·ùld] no zuch way.’ Dev.1 n.Dev. Grose (1790); He murt mully and soully tell a wos weary, Exm. Crtshp. (1746) l. 381; To moul and soul a person about, as at the play of ‘More sacks to the mill,’ Horae Subsecivae (1777) 277. Cor. You mustn't maul the fish about, Forfar Poems (1885) 17. Hence Maulers, sb. pl. the hands. Stf.1 s.Stf. Tak' yer maulers off, this is teu good for yo to hondle (T.R.). War.2, s.Wor.1 Oxf. Keep your maulers off (G.O.).
2. To put coal on a fire by hand, lump by lump. War.3 Shall I shut the coal or maul it on the fire?
3. To draw or tug along; to push; to take away roughly. Gen. with off or away. s.Chs.1 To maul off or away, e.g. of a policeman dragging a culprit to prison. Nhp. He mauls the heaps away, Clare Poems (1820) 100; Nhp.1, Hnt. (T.P.F.)
4. sb. pl. The hands; the fingers. w.Yks.5

MAUL, v.3 and sb.6 Lan. Chs. Not. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Bdf. Hnt. Suf. Ess. Also written mawl Wor.; and in form mau- Ess. [mǭl, mǫəl.] 1. v. To toil; to drag along wearily. Cf. moil, v. 1. Lan. Maulin' amung pigs and keaws, Brierley Cotters, xv. s.Chs.1 Wen yŭ bin yuw·in ún mau·lin in ŭ feyld, ŭn dhŭ sùn puw·ŭrin daayn iz éeŭt ŭpon·yu, yoa bin dlaad· gy'et sùm·ŭt dringk [When yŏ bin yowin' an' maulin' in a feyld, an' the sun pourin' daïn his heeat upon yŏ, yo bin glad get summat drink]. s.Not. Th' oad hoss went maulin' an' daulin' along as if 'e war asleep (J.P.K.). Nhp. When he a ploughboy in the fields did maul, Clare Village Minst. (1821) 16. 2. To fatigue, tire out; to harass, vex; gen. used in pp. s.Chs.1 To be mauled,.. to be overworked. Rut.1 I'm clean maul'd out. Nhp.1 I'm welly mauled to death. Bdf. (J.W.B.), Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.Suf. (F.H.) Ess. A person will say that he is maud with hard work and fatigue (H.H.M.). Hence Mauling, ppl. adj. tiring, fatiguing, wearying. Lei.1 It's a maulin job them big washes. Nhp.1, War.3 Wor. It's mawling work getting those trees away (H.K.). e.Suf. This is a mauling hot day (F.H.). 3. Comb. Maul-hauly, heavy, troublesome, tedious. s.Chs.1

4. sb. A harassment, vexation; an infliction. Lei.1, War.3

MAUL, sb.7 n.Cy. Yks. Der. Not. Lin. Also written mawl Der.1; and in form mall sw.Lin.1 [mǭl, mǫəl.] The marsh-mallow, Malva sylvestris; gen. in pl. Cf. mallace, maws. n.Cy. Grose (1790). n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4 e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788). m.Yks.1, w.Yks.5, Der.1 Obs., s.Not. (J.P.K.), Lin. (W.M.E.F.) sw.Lin.1 The seeds are eaten by children, and called Cheeses. [Hec malua, malle, Wright Voc. (c. 1425) in Wright's Voc. (1884)

644.]

MAUL, v.2 1. Cum. (E.W.P.)

MAUL, v.4 Nrf. See below. The old yows mauled their turnips better, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 25.