[W/K] :: Mall

  Mall \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.
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  Mall \Mall\ (m[add]l; 277), n. [Written also maul.] [OE.
     malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf. Malleus.]
     1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything
        with force; a maul. --Addison.
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     2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See
        Pall-mall. --Cotton.
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     4. 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 \Mall\ (m[a^]l), n. [LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG.
     mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. m[ae][eth]el,
     me[eth]el, assembly, m[=ae]lan to speak, Goth. ma[thorn]l
     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 \Mall\ (m[add]l), n.
     1. 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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     2. The paved or grassy strip between two roadways.
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     3. 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 \Maul\, n. [See Mall a hammer.]
     A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]
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  mall
       n 1: a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk [syn: promenade]
       2: mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully
          landscaped complex of shops representing leading
          merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a
          convenient parking area; a modern version of the
          traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie
          house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
          [syn: plaza, center, shopping mall, shopping center,
           shopping centre]

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "mall":
     alameda, beaten path, beaten track, berm, bicycle path, boardwalk,
     bridle path, catwalk, esplanade, fastwalk, foot pavement, footpath,
     footway, garden path, groove, hiking trail, parade, path, pathway,
     prado, promenade, public walk, run, runway, rut, sidewalk,
     towing path, towpath, track, trail, trottoir, walk, walkway
  
  

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