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maul
English
Etymology
From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
- Homophone: mall (one pronunciation)
- Homophone: moll (some accents)
Noun
maul (plural mauls)
- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
Synonyms
- (weapon): club, mace
Hyponyms
- (long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul
- (rugby): rolling maul
Translations
See also
- ruck
- scrum
Verb
maul (third-person singular simple present mauls, present participle mauling, simple past and past participle mauled)
- To handle someone or something in a rough way.
- To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
- (figuratively) To criticise harshly.
- (transitive) To beat with the heavy hammer called a maul.
Translations
Related terms
- mall
- mallet
References
- maul at OneLook Dictionary Search
- maul in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Lamu, alum, luma, malu, mula
Cimbrian
Noun
maul n
- mouth
References
- “maul” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Estonian
Noun
maul
- adessive singular of magu
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
maul
- imperative of maule
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cane
English
Etymology
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na). Related to channel and canal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k?e?n]
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Homophone: Cain
Noun
cane (countable and uncountable, plural canes)
- A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
- (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- Synonyms: stem, stalk, (of a tree) trunk
- (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed
- Synonym: reed
- (uncountable) Sugar cane
- Synonym: molasses cane
- (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar
- (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- Synonyms: rod, switch
- (with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
- Synonyms: a caning, six of the best, whipping, cuts
- A lance or dart made of cane
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
- Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign / The flying skirmish of the darted cane.
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- a rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
- Synonyms: staff, walking stick
- (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking
- (countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path
- Synonyms: blind man's cane, white cane
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
- (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
- A local European measure of length; the canna.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
cane (third-person singular simple present canes, present participle caning, simple past and past participle caned)
- to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
- (Britain, New Zealand, slang) to destroy; to comprehensively defeat
- (Britain, New Zealand, slang) to do something well, in a competent fashion
- (Britain, slang, intransitive) to produce extreme pain
- (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
Translations
Anagrams
- -ance, Caen, Cena, Nace, acne, ance
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin canis, from Proto-Italic *k?, from Proto-Indo-European *?w?. Cognates include Italian cane and Romanian câine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kan?/
Noun
cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna)
- (Cismontane dialects) dog (Canis familiaris)
Synonyms
- (Ultramontane dialects) ghjacaru
References
- “cane, cani” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
French
Etymology
From Middle French cane (“duck, female duck; literally floater, little boat”), from Old French cane (“boat, ship; waterbird”), from Middle Low German kane (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *kan? (“boat, vessel”). See Proto-Germanic *kanô (“boat, vessel”). Cognate with Norwegian kane (“swan-shaped vessel”), Dutch kaan (“boat”), German Kahn (“boat”), Old Norse kæna (“little boat”), and possibly Old Norse kn?rr (“ship”) (whence also Late Latin canardus (“ship”), from Germanic; and Old English cnearr (“merchant ship”)). Related to French canot (“little boat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kan/
- Homophone: Cannes
Noun
cane f (plural canes)
- duck (female duck)
Related terms
- canard
Further reading
- “cane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- Caen
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka.ne/
- Hyphenation: cà?ne
Etymology 1
From the Latin canem, accusative form of canis, from Proto-Italic *k? (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *?w? (accusative *?wónm?). Compare Portuguese cão, Romanian câine and Aromanian cãni.
Noun
cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna)
- dog, male dog
- Hypernym: canide
- (firearms) hammer
Derived terms
Related terms
Adjective
cane (invariable)
- (of cold) freezing, biting
- (of pain) terrible, dreadful, awful
See also
- abbaiare
- bau
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
cane f
- plural of cana
Adjective
cane
- feminine plural of cano
Anagrams
- acne, cena
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ka.ne/, [?kän?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ka.ne/, [?k??n?]
Verb
cane
- second-person singular present active imperative of can?
Noun
cane
- ablative singular of canis
References
- cane in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cane in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French cane, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na).
Alternative forms
- canne, kane, kanne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?n(?)/
Noun
cane (plural canes)
- bamboo, sugar cane, flax, or a similar simple-stemmed plant
- the stem or stalk of such a plant, often used to write with
- (rare) a metal implement used for surgery
- (rare) a bodily passage or tube, such as the trachea
Derived terms
- canel
Descendants
- English: cane
- Scots: cane
References
- “c?ne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.
Etymology 2
From Old English canne.
Noun
cane
- Alternative form of canne
Old French
Etymology
From Latin canna (“reed, cane”)
Noun
cane f (oblique plural canes, nominative singular cane, nominative plural canes)
- tube
Descendants
- French: canne
- Norman: tchêne (Jersey), kyeen (Sark)
- ? Middle English: cane, canne, kane, kanne
- English: cane
- Scots: cane
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- cani (campidanese)
Etymology
From the Latin canem, accusative form of canis, from Proto-Italic *k? (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *?w? (accusative *?wónm?). Compare Italian cane, Portuguese cão, Spanish can, French chien and Romanian câine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cane/
Noun
cane m or f (plural canes)
- dog
- Synonym: perru
Venetian
Noun
cane
- plural of cana
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