verb
(also maigell)
rare Scottish To maul, maim, lacerate, cut up; to disorder; to botch, confuse.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Edward, Duke of York (fl. c1373–1415), magnate. Perhaps a variant of mangle, and perhaps also influenced by Anglo-Norman demagler, demangler to lacerate, maim, mutilate.
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