malleolus.
fire-dart; brush for burning (Vulgate Prayer of Azariah 1:23);
Meaning & usage
diminutive of malleus: A small hammer or mallet.
diminutive of malleus: A mallet-shoot or hammer-shaped slip or cutting; literally, a “little hammer.” A propagation method where a young, green shoot is harvested with a small, horizontal section of the older, woody branch still attached at the base. This “T” junction resembles a mallet — the older wood forms the “head” and the new shoot forms the “handle” — providing a sturdy, nutrient-rich base for new roots to develop.
diminutive of malleus: A kind of fire-dart.
diminutive of malleus: The tongue of a shoe buckle.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-? Latin malleus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus Latin malleolus From malleus (“a hammer, mallet”) + -olus.
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