MAN'GLE, verb transitive 1. To cut with a dull instrument and tear, or to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; applied chiefly to the cutting of flesh. And seized with fear, forgot his mangled meat. 2. To curtail; to take by piece-meal. MAN'GLE, noun [Latin mango.] 1. A rolling press or calendar for smoothing cloth. 2. A name of the mangrove, which see. MAN'GLE, verb transitive To smooth cloth with a mangle; to calendar.
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