Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MAUL, n. = Eng. card term manille, the second-best trump or honour (Sc. 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety II. 126).
[Ad. Sp. mala, id., of which the dim. form malilla has given Eng. manille.]
