An old name for a mallet, the rendering of the Hebrew mephits (Prov. 25:18), properly a war-club.
Maul
1 verse
Proverbs
Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(i.e. a hammer), a sort of battleaxe or hammer, used as an implement of war. (25:18)