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/ˈmɔːl.stɪk/ · noun
(art) 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.
Use maul stick when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Maul stick means (art) 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..
Common synonyms include mahlstick.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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