Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

MANGLE

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 571 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

MANGLE . (r) A See also:

machine for pressing and smoothing' clothes after washing (see See also:LAUNDRY). The word was adopted from the Dutch; mangel-stok means a See also:rolling See also:pin, and linnen.mangelgn, to See also:press See also:linen by rolling; similarly in O. Ital. mangano .meant, according to See also:Florio, " a presse to press buckrom," &c.. The origin of the word is to be found in the See also:medieval Latin name, manganum, mangonus or mangana, for an See also:engine of See also:war, the " mangonel," for hurling stones and other missiles (see See also:CATAPULT). The Latin word was adapted from the See also:Greek µfiy7avov, a See also:trick or See also: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 See also:Dictionary it presents an Anglo-See also:French. mahangler, a See also:form of mahaigner from which the English " maim " is derived, cf. the old form " See also:mayhem," surviving in legal phraseology. See also:Skeat connects the word with the Latin mancus, maimed, with which " maim " is not cognate.

End of Article: MANGLE

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
MANGBETTU (Monbuttu) 		[next]
MANGNALL, RICHMAL (r769-1820)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries