malle

a. [ F. malléable, fr. LL. malleare to hammer. See Malleate. ] 1. Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being influenced to behave as desired; tractable; -- used mostly of children. [ PJC ]

Malleable iron, iron that is capable of extension or of being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See under Iron. --
Malleable iron castings, articles cast from pig iron and made malleable by heating then for several days in the presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives the cast iron of some of its carbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make malleable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being malleable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the malleus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Malleated p. pr. & vb. n. Malleating ] [ L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See Mall, v. t. ] To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. malleatio: cf. OF. malléation. ] The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Malicho. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name. ] 1. (Bot.) A dwarf Australian eucalypt with a number of thin stems springing from a thickened stock. The most common species are Eucalyptus dumosa and Eucalyptus Gracilis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Scrub or thicket formed by the mallee. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]