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 Mau’gys.Maul (The Giant). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Maul.
 
To beat roughly, to batter. The maul was a bludgeon with a leaden head, carried by ancient soldiery. It is generally called a “mall.”   1
 


 Mau’gys.Maul (The Giant). 

 
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