Malkin, maw′kin, n. (Shak.) a term used in contempt for a dirty woman: a mop: (Scot.) a hare.—Also Maw′kin. [Dim. of Mal or Moll, Mary.]
Mall, mawl, or mal, n. a large wooden beetle or hammer.—v.t. to beat with a mall or something heavy: to bruise. [O. Fr. mail—L. malleus.]
Mall, mel, or mal, n. a level shaded walk: a public walk. [Contr. through O. Fr. of Old It. palamaglio—It. palla, a ball, maglio, a mace.]
Mallard, mal′ard, n. a drake: the common duck in its wild state. [O. Fr. malard (Fr. malart)—male, male, and suffix -ard.]
Malleate, mal′e-āt, v.t. to hammer: to form into a plate or leaf by hammering.—adj. Mall′eable, that may be malleated or beaten out by hammering.—ns. Mall′eableness, Malleabil′ity, quality of being malleable; Malleā′tion.—adj. Mall′eiform, hammer-shaped.—n. Mall′eus, one of the small bones of the middle ear in mammals. [L. malleus, a hammer.]
Mallecho, mal′ē-chō, n. (Shak.) villainy—probably a corruption of Spanish malhecho, mischief.—Also Mal′icho.
Mallee, mal′ē, n. two dwarf species of Eucalyptus in Australia.—ns. Mall′ee-bird, Mall′ee-hen, an Australian mound-bird or megapode.
Mallemaroking, mal′ē-ma-rō′king, n. the visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships. [Prob. to act like the mallemuck.]
Mallemuck, mal′e-muk, n. the fulmar petrel. [Ger.]
Malleolus, ma-lē′ō-lus, n. a bony protuberance on either side of the ankle.—adj. Mal′lēolar. [L.]