mahlstick
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mahlstick
1875–80; < Dutch maalstok literally, painting-stick, equivalent to mal(en) to paint + stok stick, with stok translation as stick 1
Example Sentences
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His grandfather has a quill in his left hand, a mahlstick in his right.
From Washington Times
He chased me all about the studio, over divans, tables and chairs, with his mahlstick.
From Project Gutenberg
He felt that something eluded him, and he fought for it with brush and mahlstick.
From Project Gutenberg
She had laid down her brush, and the young man was using her mahlstick in a badly-directed effort to smear into a design some splotches of paint on the unused portion of her canvas.
From Project Gutenberg
The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
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