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 • Dec. 25, 2019
Lancet or engraving tool fitted equally well the hand of a surgeon; probe or mahlstick the hand of another physician.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert
But whenever he gave his attention to the mahlstick, her eyes sought his countenance with a look which was almost scrutiny.
From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert
He felt that something eluded him, and he fought for it with brush and mahlstick.
From The Key to Yesterday by Buck, Charles Neville
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