mancare

1 mancare [ML; cf. CL mancus] , to maim, spec. by cutting off hand. a manu hic mancus ‥ eo quod minime habet manum, et inde ~atus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 334; s1276 regredi volentes infra curiam, janitorem resistentem eis ~abant et verberibus attrectabant Ann. Dunstable 273; handles, mancus, ~atus CathA.

2 mancare [cf. 2 manca 2] , to fit with a handle. 1205 hachas ad loggiandum ‥ facias mantiari Cl I 30a.

3 mancare v. mandare