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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mank, a. Also: manck, manque. [e.m.E. manke (1559), manc (1659), otherwise chiefly Sc., OF. manc, 16th c. F. manque maimed, defective, L. mancus maimed.] Deficient, defective, incomplete; botched, bungled, ill-made. Only in fig. uses.1513 Doug. v. Prol. 51.
Hys [Caxton's] febil proys beyn mank and mutulate 1558-66 Knox (1949) I. 371.
I think this sentence manck, but I will alter no word 1602 Colville Paraenese 144.
Thair citations be ether manque and mutilat or ells throuin and vitiat 1638 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 174. 1662 Forbes Cantus (ed. 1666) Dedic.
I offered the same as an object of pity, being so mank and maim in its chiefest parts 1678 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. III. 229.
Has our law no remedy? Is it here mank? 1689 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 473.
Ther is deficient … thretein horses, wherby the petitioners troop is mank and unfitt for service 1699 Forrester Bishops Claim i. 92.
Else the apostles settled these churches in a very mank frame and lame posture and wanting the essentials of an organick church Ib. iii. 30.
Manck 1685 G. Mackenzie Religious Stoic 66.
The composure of mans body would be imperfect and manck
