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maul-stick

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maul⋅stick

[mawl-stik]
–noun
mahlstick.

mahl⋅stick

[mahl-stik, mawl-]
–noun
a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
Also, maulstick.


Origin:
1875–80; < D maalstok lit., painting-stick, equiv. to mal(en) to paint + stok stick, with stok trans. as stick 1
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maulstick 
"light stick used by painters to support the painting hand," 1658, from Du. maalstok, from mallen "to paint" + stock "stick."
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