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maulstick

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"Go on," he said Maurice reached for a maulstick lying across the table; then leaned over, his elbows on his knees, and tried, with two trembling forefingers, to make it stand upright on the floor.

—The Vehement Flame

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noun A long wooden stick used by painters as a support to keep the hand that holds the brush from touching the painting surface.

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"Go on," he said Maurice reached for a maulstick lying across the table; then leaned over, his elbows on his knees, and tried, with two trembling forefingers, to make it stand upright on the floor. — The Vehement Flame
"Let me look," she said, leaning back towards Denoisel and holding her maulstick and palette out in front of her. — Renée Mauperin
The painter took his brushes and his pallet, and his maulstick. — Trumps
If he were not, you could knock him down with a tap of your maulstick, I should think, though it be wielded by such a tiny, dainty little bit of a hand, "said — A Siren
He waved his maulstick vaguely, as if in reference to the professorial practice of Munich, or to the antediluvian school of England. — With the Procession