mallet

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron…

   A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.

   • Carpenters use mallets for assembling.
   • We used a mallet to drive the tent pegs into the ground.
2. 2

   A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.

3. 3

   A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.

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   1. 4

      A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.

   2. 5

      The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

   3. 6

      To beat or strike with, or as if with, a mallet.

      • […] and when a couple of insurgents ran in to make the capture she malleted them with her rifle.
   4. 7

      A type of articulated locomotive having two powered trucks, with the rear truck being…

      A type of articulated locomotive having two powered trucks, with the rear truck being rigidly attached to the main body and boiler of the locomotive, while the front powered truck is attached to the rear by a hinge, so that it may swing from side to side, and with the front end of the boiler resting upon a sliding bearing on the swinging front truck.

      • Its 50 H-7 2-8-8-2's (30 of which found their way onto the Union Pacific roster in 1945) were simple mainly because a tunnel in the Alleghenies would not accommodate the low-pressure cylinders of any Mallet larger than a 2-6-6-2.
   5. 8

      The malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.

      • Even if Alice and Bob's public keys are stored on a datavase, this attack will work. Mallet can intercept Alice's database inquiry, and substitute his own public key for Alice's. He can do the same to Bob.

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