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Mawle vs Macle - What's the difference?

mawle | macle |

As nouns the difference between mawle and macle

is that mawle is a heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead while macle is (mineral) chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.

mawle

English

Alternative forms

* maul, mall, malle

Noun

(en noun)
  • A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
  • * 1786 : A Mawle of lead five feet long, and a pike with the same hanging by a girdle with a hook, is recommended by Ralph Smith for the arms of an archer, it has been quoted at length, under the article of the long bow. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 52.

    • macle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineral) Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.
  • (mineralogy) A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance.
  • (mineralogy) A twin crystal.

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