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mauls

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Long-handled hammering tools with a heavy wooden or metal head, often specifically any of various special kinds of heavy hammering tools used in pile-driving, shipbuilding, and mining.

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beaters (mauls)

batters

malls

maul

beaters

maillets

maillet

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