mangel
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I can conjugate the modern verb "to wangle," And, if required, translate it into Greek; I can even tell a wurzel from a mangel; But I cannot tell a bubble from a squeak.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 by Various
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
Salt has been found in some districts to have a very good effect on the mangel crop, and potash is often found to amply repay application.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
Let nothing induce the growers," says Mr. Paget, in a paper on the cultivation of the mangel, "to strip the leaves from the plant before taking up the root.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir
Farms are abandoned—or bought by rich men who make park lands and lawns o' the fields where the potato and the mangel wurzel, the corn and the barley, grew yesteryear.
From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir
