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—malleation, n./mal"ee ayt'/, v.t., malleated, malleating.to beat or shape with a hammer, as in metalworking.[1590-1600; < L malleatus wrought with a hammer, equiv. to L malle(us) hammer + -atus -ATE1]
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Malleate — Mal le*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malleated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malleating}.] [L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See {Mall}, v. t.] To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malleate — verb To beat with a hammer See Also: malleable, mallet … Wiktionary
malleate — mælɪət , eɪt v. hammer, beat … English contemporary dictionary
malleate — mal·le·ate … English syllables
malleate — I. ēˌāt transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Medieval Latin malleatus, past participle of malleare to hammer : to beat with a hammer : pound the surfaces of some fragments suggested that the clay had been poorly malleated American Antiquity … Useful english dictionary
malleate mastax — (ROTIFERA) Chewing apparatus; rami untoothed and unci are curved plates with prong type teeth … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Malleated — Malleate Mal le*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malleated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malleating}.] [L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See {Mall}, v. t.] To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malleating — Malleate Mal le*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malleated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malleating}.] [L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See {Mall}, v. t.] To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mall — (m[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malled} (m[add]ld); 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malleable — Mal le*a*ble, a. [F. mall[ e]able, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See {Malleate}.] 1. Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; applied to metals. [1913 Webster] 2. Capable of being influenced to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
