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musket(2) (iou) and maul(2) (iou)


musket(2) (iou)



musket noun2. Also musquet. L16.
[French mousquet, -ette from Italian moschetto, -etta (formerly) bolt from a crossbow, from mosca fly from Latin musca: see -ET1.]
Hist. A gun (orig. a matchlock) of the kind used by infantry soldiers, usu. smooth-bored and fired from shoulder-level.
Comb.: musket-arrow a short arrow discharged from an early type of musket; musket ball a ball used as ammunition for a musket; musket powder the kind of gunpowder used for small arms; musketproof adjective not readily penetrated by musket balls; musket shot (a) shot fired from a musket; a musket ball; (b) the range of a musket.
musketade noun a continued discharge of muskets; an attack with muskets: M17.

maul(2) (iou)



maul verb. Also mall. ME.
[from the noun In sense 7 perh. a different word.]
verb trans. Strike with a heavy weapon; knock down. ME-M17.
b. verb intrans. Hammer. LME-E17.
c. verb trans. Split (rails) with a maul and wedge. US. L17-L19.
verb trans. Subject to damaging criticism, injure by criticizing. L16.
verb trans. Beat and bruise (a person); maltreat, knock about. E17.
J. Doran Thrashing the bishop and terribly mauling his body of followers.
verb trans. Damage seriously, shatter, mangle; esp. (of an animal) tear and mutilate (a prey etc.). L17.
V. Woolf They worried him, they mauled him with their great yellow teeth.
verb trans. Handle roughly or carelessly (usu. foll. by about); damage by rough handling. Also dial., lift down. M18.
verb intrans. Toil, work hard. dial. E19.
verb trans. Rugby Football. Tackle. M19.