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Maulstick

//ˈmɔːl.stɪk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A short stick with a pad on one end, used by a painter to steady their hand, and to prevent it from accidentally touching the painting.

    "Here the lamps blazed as a dozen or so of the brethren were seated at their desks with maulsticks to rest their wrists on as they used their quills to copy texts on to vellum from the skins of goats or sheep."

  2. 2
    a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush wordnet

Etymology

From German Mahlstock.

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