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mangoldwurzel; mangold beet + wurzel root.]
(Bot.) A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza),
used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the
ordinary beet. See Beet. [Written also mangold-
wurzel.]

Man"ger (?), n. [F. mangeoire,
fr. manger to eat, fr. L. manducare, fr. mandere
to chew. Cf. Mandible, Manducate.] 1.
A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or
cattle to eat.

2. (Naut.) The fore part of the deck,
having a bulkhead athwart ships high enough to prevent water which
enters the hawse holes from running over it.

Man"gi*ly (?), adv. In a mangy
manner; scabbily.

Man"gi*ness, n. [From Mangy.]
The condition or quality of being mangy.

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.

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