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† ˈmaggle, v. Sc. Obs.
Also 6 maggill, magel, 7 maigle.
[Of obscure etymology: connexion with mangle v. is difficult to justify.]
trans. To mangle, maul, damage.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 278 Gif it hapnyt ony..man to be slayn in felde, and sa magglit that his visage mycht nocht be knawin. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lix. 3 A refyng sone of rakyng Muris Hes magellit my making. 1513Douglas æneis, Time, etc. of Transl. 24 Bot redis leill, and tak gud tent in tyme, Ȝhe nowder maggill nor mismetir my ryme. 1570Levins Manip. 10/26 To Maggle, mactare, excarnificare. Ibid. 127/24 To Maggil, mactitare.
Hence ˈmaggled ppl. a.
1513Douglas æneis vi. viii. 39 King Priamus son, with body tore and rent, Thair he beheld, and creuell maglit face. a1555Lyndesay Tragedie 385 Lyke doytit Doctoris new cum out of Athenis, And mummyll ouer ane pair of maglit matenis. 1603Philotus cliii, My maiglit face maks mee to feill, That myne man be the same [i.e. a devil]. |