GAVEL
\ɡˈavə͡l], \ɡˈavəl], \ɡ_ˈa_v_əl]\
Definitions of GAVEL
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.
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A mason's setting maul.
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Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel.
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The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc.
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A mason's setting maul.
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Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] The ground;—tribute; toll; gabel;—the end of a building; gable;—a small heap of wheat, rye, or other grain not tied up;—the mallet of a presiding officer.
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A provincial word for ground.
By Thomas Sheridan
