Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MAN'GLE, v.t.¹ [D. mangelen, G. mangeln, to want. Qu.]

1. To cut with a dull instrument and tear, or to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; applied chiefly to the cutting of flesh. And seized with fear, forgot his mangled meat. Dryden.
2. To curtail; to take by piece-meal.