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mangonel

man.go.nel \'man-g*-.nel\ n [ME, fr. MF, prob. fr. ML manganellus, dim. of 
   LL manganum philter,] mangonel, fr. Gk manganon; akin to MIr meng deception 
   : a military engine formerly used to throw missiles