Meanings (ES + gloss)
calandria
A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
Phrases
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
afear • chambonear • desfigurar • mutilar
To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage when they are disposed to mangle a play or a novel
mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail