• InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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    1 month ago

    Photo caption: “Made this handle for my uncle’s maul.”

    I just learned that the verb is named after the noun.

    Etymology: Middle English (in the sense “hammer or wooden club”, also “strike with a heavy weapon”): from Old French mail, from Latin malleus “hammer”.