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mahlstick

maulstick \maul"stick`\, maul-stick \maul"-stick`\, n. [G. malerstock; maler a painter + stock stick.] A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. [Written also mahl-stick and mahlstick.]

mahlstick

mahlstick \mahl"stick`\, mahl-stick \mahl"-stick`\, n. [G. malerstock; maler a painter + stock stick.] A long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush while painting. Same as Maul-stick.

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mahlstick

n. a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush [syn: maulstick]

Usage examples of "mahlstick".

When his sister was gone Robert went up to his studio, and having ground some colours upon his palette he stood for some time, brush and mahlstick in hand, in front of his big bare canvas.