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mahlstick

mahlstick is the alternative form of maulstick.

Meaning of maulstick

Noun

maulstick (plural maulsticks)

  1. A short stick with a pad on one end, used by a painter to steady their hand, and to prevent it from accidentally touching the painting.
    • Here the lamps blazed as a dozen or so of the brethren were seated at their desks with maulsticks to rest their wrists on as they used their quills to copy texts on to vellum from the skins of goats or sheep.2012, Peter Tremayne, Behold a Pale Horse: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland, page 292

Forms of mahlstick

pluralmahlsticks

Questions about mahlstick

What is mahlstick the alternative form of?
Mahlstick is the alternative form of maulstick.

Words near mahlstick in the dictionary

  1. Mahler measures
  2. Mahlerian
  3. Mahlers
  4. MAHLI
  5. Mahlon
  6. mahlstick
  7. mahlsticks
  8. mahlstock
  9. mahlstocks
  10. Mahlum
  11. Mahlums

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