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mangle

 

  6  definitions  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mangle  \Man"gle\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  D.  mangelen  See  {Mangle},  n.] 
  To  smooth  with  a  mangle,  as  damp  linen  or  cloth. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mangle  \Man"gle\,  n.  [D.  mangel,  fr  OE  mangonel  a  machine  for 
  throwing  stones,  LL  manganum,  Gr  ?  a  machine  for  defending 
  fortifications,  axis  of  a  pulley.  Cf  {Mangonel}.] 
  A  machine  for  smoothing  linen  or  cotton  cloth,  as  sheets, 
  tablecloths,  napkins,  and  clothing,  by  roller  pressure. 
 
  {Mangle  rack}  (Mach.),  a  contrivance  for  converting 
  continuous  circular  motion  into  reciprocating  rectilinear 
  motion,  by  means  of  a  rack  and  pinion,  as  in  the  mangle. 
  The  pinion  is  held  to  the  rack  by  a  groove  in  such  a 
  manner  that  it  passes  alternately  from  one  side  of  the 
  rack  to  the  other  and  thus  gives  motion  to  it  in  opposite 
  directions,  according  to  the  side  in  which  its  teeth  are 
  engaged. 
 
  {Mangle  wheel},  a  wheel  in  which  the  teeth,  or  pins,  on  its 
  face,  are  interrupted  on  one  side  and  the  pinion,  working 
  in  them  passes  from  inside  to  outside  of  the  teeth 
  alternately,  thus  converting  the  continuous  circular 
  motion  of  the  pinion  into  a  reciprocating  circular  motion 
  of  the  wheel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mangle 
  n  :  a  machine  for  drying  and  ironing  laundry  by  passing  it 
  between  two  heavy  heated  rollers 
  v  1:  press  with  a  mangle;  "mangle  the  sheets" 
  2:  injure  badly  by  beating  [syn:  {maul}] 
  3:  "The  tourists  murdered  the  French  language"  [syn:  {mutilate}, 
  {murder}] 
  4:  destroy  or  injure  severely;  "The  madman  mutilates  art  work" 
  [syn:  {mutilate},  {disfigure},  {cut  up}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  mangle  vt  1.  Used  similarly  to  {mung}  or  {scribble},  but  more 
  violent  in  its  connotations;  something  that  is  mangled  has  been 
  irreversibly  and  totally  trashed.  2.  To  produce  the  {mangled  name} 
  corresponding  to  a  C++  declaration. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  mangle 
 
  Used  similarly  to  {mung}  or  {scribble},  but  more  violent 
  in  its  connotations;  something  that  is  mangled  has  been 
  irreversibly  and  totally  trashed.




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