MALLET

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 29

n. Ma2l'eat. Gr., vpa. Lat.. malleus. 1. A wooden hammer. 2. Any hammer-shaped instrument used in surgery or in dentistry, [a, 48.] Electro-magnetic m. A dental instrument for plugging a cavity, invented by W. G. A. Bond will. It is operated by an electric battery, and the blows are regulated at will and are delivered with great rapidity. [E.] [s. 699]