MALLEABILITY
Mal"le*a*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [CF. F. malléabilité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being malleable; — opposed to friability and brittleness. Locke.
MALLEABLE
Mal"le*a*ble, a. Etym: [F. malléable, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See
Malleate.]
Defn: Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; — applied to metals. Malleable iron, iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron. — Malleable iron castings, articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by heating then for several days in the presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives the cast iron of some of its carbon.
MALLEABLEIZE
Mal"le*a*ble*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make malleable.
MALLEABLENESS
Mal"le*a*ble*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being malleable.
MALLEAL
Mal"le*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the malleus.