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   Mall , n. [Written also maul.] [OE. malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf. Malleus.]
   A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
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   A heavy blow. [Obs.]
   Spenser.
   
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   An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
   Cotton.
   
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   A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
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   Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall.
   Southey.
   
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   Mall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Malled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Malling.] [Cf. OF. mailler. See Mall beetle, and cf. Malleate.] To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
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   Mall , n. [LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG. mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. mæðel, meðel, assembly, mǣlan to speak, Goth. maþl market place.] Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly. Hence: (a) A court of justice. (b) A place where justice is administered. (c) A place where public meetings are held.
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   Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased.
   Milman.
   
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   Mall , n.
   A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians; as, to gather near the Washington monument on the mall in Washington.
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   The paved or grassy strip between two roadways.
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   A shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or exclusively pedestrian use; in cities the concourse is usually a city street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient highway, may be large, contained in one building or in multiple buildings connected by (usually covered) walkways. Also called shopping mall
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   Maul , n. [See Mall a hammer.] A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]
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