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mangling |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mangle \Man"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mangled}; p. pr & vb n. {Mangling}.] [A frequentative fr OE manken to main, AS mancian, in bemancian to mutilate, fr L. mancus maimed; perh. akin to G. mangeln to be wanting.] 1. To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail --Milton. 2. To mutilate or injure, in making, doing or pertaining; as to mangle a piece of music or a recitation. To mangle a play or a novel. --Swift.
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