The Mauling "fist" was once seen, but eluded grasping, as spirit limbs generally do.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam
The nails which had fastened it had either been broken off or drawn out, probably by the rough Mauling it had got while being stowed.
"The Boy Tar"
Mayne Reid
She slipped off her dressing-gown and corset and set herself to the task of pinching and Mauling her throat, arms and shoulders, to remove superfluous flesh, and strengthen muscles and fibres to resist the flabby tendencies which time produces.
"An Ambitious Man"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox