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manginess|ˈmeɪndʒɪnɪs|
[f. mangy a. + -ness.]
The condition of being mangy.
c1400Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xii, Þer is IIII. maners of maniewenesse [Bodl. MS. manyewnesse]. 1535Coverdale Deut. xxviii. 27 The Lorde shal smyte the..with scalle, and maungynesse. a1571Jewel On 1 Thess. (1611) 99 Who hath not heard of the patience of Iob?..his body stricken with a scurfe or mangines. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 279 For the white scurfe, leapry,..manginesse..&c. 1611Cotgr., Mal de S. Roch..an itching manginesse. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Rules for buying a Horse, To have much Hair on the Mane, denotes intolerable Dulness;..and to be without none..shews the Worm in the Mane, the Itch, or else plain Manginess. |