_:vb6973875 "A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall. [from 17th c.]"@en . _:vb6973875 . . _:vb6973876 "I also fell slightly; but his fall proving a severe one, he arose in wrath, and struck me with the mall which he held in his hand, until my blood flowed copiously [\u2026]"@en . _:vb6973876 "1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:"@en . _:vb6973876 . "5" .