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mangel, mangold|ˈmæŋg(ə)l, ˈmæŋgəʊld|
Short for mangel-wurzel. Also attrib. and Comb., as mangel field, mangel grower; mangel beetle, a small blue-black beetle (Silpha opaca) whose larva feeds upon mangel-wurzel; mangel-fly, Anthomyia betæ.
α1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Mangles, mangold wurzel. 1883Harper's Mag. Apr. 652/1 A cow gets daily one bushel of sliced mangel. 1889Tennyson Owd Roä 14 All on it now Goan into mangles an' tonups. 1893Morn. Post 8 Mar. 8/2 A pest mentioned..in these reports is the pigmy mangel beetle, and mangel growers are requested to keep a watchful eye upon the young roots.
β1856Farmer's Mag. Jan. 62 Some swedes and yellow⁓globe mangolds grown by H.R.H. Prince Albert. 1882Garden 14 Jan. 23/3 Mangold fly..the pest of our Mangold fields in the grub state. 1884Times (weekly ed.) 19 Sept. 6/3 Nowhere in Ireland have I seen finer crops of hay and oats, of turnips and mangold. |