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mallet
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mallet,
n a hammering instrument.
mallet, hard,
n a small hammer with a leather-, rubber-, fiber-, or metal-faced head; used to supply force or to supplement hand force for the compaction of foil or amalgam and to seat cast restorations.

mallet
a heavy-headed surgical instrument used for driving a bone chisel.

Kirk mallet
a mallet with a solid bronze head.


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All winter it hung from the twine of a branch, as if waiting for more than the wind's hard mallet to strike it down; tip curled up, it assumed the shape of a bell, but made no sound.
 
 
 
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