Meaning of mal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. misfortune
   masculine
2. flail
   masculine
3. bad; evil
   masculine
4. handle of the flail
   masculine
5. sickness; disease
   masculine
6. Equivalent to 'Flail': A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain...

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“cõmo faz a lyma ao ferro, et a fornaz ao ouro que o purga et esmera et o faz puro et paresçe mellor, et cõmo faz outrosi o máále áá messe que a degrana em çeueyra et parte a palla do graão que e o mellor”

as the file does to iron, and the furnace to gold, that purges and cleans it and makes it pure and looks better; and also as the flail does to the harvest, that threshes it into sustenance and parts the straw and the grain, which is the best part

“Iten, preçaron hun maal en tres maravedis”

Item, they appraised a flail in three coins

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