One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration.
A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]
1. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner. Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul. Pope. 2. To injure greatly; to do much harm to. It mauls not only the person misrepreseted, but him also t...