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Mangle :: Mangle (n.) A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure..

Hack :: Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.

Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) 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..

Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..

Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation..

Mangle :: Mangle (n.) To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth..

Lacerate :: Lacerate (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart..

Haggle :: Haggle (v. t.) To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood..

Mingle-mangle :: Mingle-mangle (n.) A hotchpotch.

Mangler :: Mangler (n.) One who smooths with a mangle.

Mangled :: Mangled (imp. & p. p.) of Mangl.

Scamble :: Scamble (v. t.) To mangle.

Hack :: Hack (v. t.) To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post..

Knout :: Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh..

Mangler :: Mangler (n.) One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any work in doing it.

Launder :: Launder (v. i.) To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts..

Lacerated :: Lacerated (p. a.) Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound..

Murder :: Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English..

Bemangle :: Bemangle (v. t.) To mangle; to tear asunder.

Mingle-mangle :: Mingle-mangle (v. t.) To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.

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