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
The young man in question stood embarrassed and silent, his palette on his thumb, brush and mahlstick suspended.
From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
"Only one way to fix him," remarked Stebbins, picking up his mahlstick from the grass beside him.
From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
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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