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mahlstick

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mahl·stick  (môlstk)
n.
Variant of maulstick.
mahlstick [ˈmɔːlˌstɪk]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a variant spelling of maulstick
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Noun1.mahlstick - a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brushmahlstick - a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush
maulstick
stick - an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
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Prosaically minded people, from Palomino onwards, have asserted that Velazquez must have used exceptionally long brushes, but the brushes he holds in the Meninas are of normal length, and he also carries a mahlstick, which implies that he put on the last delicate touches from very close to.
Foucault's Las Meninas and art-historical methods by Gresle, Yvette / Journal of Literary Studies
If you look closely, you can see that he holds a palette and brushes, as well as a long mahlstick on which to brace his hand while painting.
ARTIST IN HIS STUDIO by Albano, Maureen / School Arts
Trainer David Arbuthnot could complete a double with lowly-weighted Mahlstick in the Get Fit At Lingfield Leisure Club Handicap.
David set for double on Lingfield return; RACING by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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