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An implement consisting of a heavy weight or ‘head,’ usually of wood, with a handle or stock, used for driving wedges or pegs, ramming down…
A heavy hammer or beetle of metal or wood; = maul, n.1 1a. In early use: †a mace or club; = maul, n.1 1b (obsolete).
Surgery. A small hammer or mallet. Obsolete.
A large wooden mallet or beetle; a rammer (see command, v. 6c).