MANGLE  . (r) A See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine for pressing and smoothing' clothes after washing (see See also:

• LAUNDRY

LAUNDRY) . The word was adopted from the Dutch; mangel-stok means a See also:

• ROLLING

rolling See also:

• PIN (a doublet with " pen " from Lat. pinna, feather, pinnacle, which is said to contain the same root as irirvs, pine tree, and properly to mean a sharp point or end)

pin, and linnen.mangelgn, to See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press See also:

• LINEN

linen by rolling; similarly in O . Ital. mangano .meant, according to See also:

• FLORIO, GIOVANNI (1553?-1625)

Florio, " a presse to press buckrom," &c .. The origin of the word is to be found in the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval Latin name, manganum, mangonus or mangana, for an See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, the " mangonel," for hurling stones and other missiles (see See also:

• CATAPULT (Lat. catapulta, Gr. KaraafXrfls)

CATAPULT) . The Latin word was adapted from the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek µfiy7avov, a See also:

• TRICK

trick or See also:

• DEVICE

device, cognate with µllmavn, a machine . (2) To cut in pieces, to damage or disfigure; to mutilate . This word is of obscure origin . According to the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary it presents an Anglo-See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French. mahangler, a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of mahaigner from which the English " maim " is derived, cf. the old form " See also:

• MAYHEM (for derivation see MAIMING)

mayhem," surviving in legal phraseology . See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat connects the word with the Latin mancus, maimed, with which " maim " is not cognate .