mangel
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The word is in German mangel wurzel, root of scarcity.
From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
The mangel crop also is mainly English, the summer in most parts of Scotland being neither long enough nor warm enough to bring it to maturity.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
In the winter one may feed cabbages, mangel wurtzels, beets, carrots, etc.
From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.
It may be observed that direct experiments at Rothamsted confirm the view, arrived at by common experience, that roots, and especially mangel, have a favourable effect on the flow of milk.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
There are big coarse members of the beet and cabbage families called the mangel wurzel and ruta baga.
From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw
