Chapter 946

Man"tu*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Mantua. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Mantua.

Manu <Xpage=893>

Ma"nu (?) , n. [Skr.] (Hind. Myth.) One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors of human wisdom.

Manual <Xpage=893>

Man"u*al (?) , a. [OE. manuel , F. manuel , L. manualis , fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt , G. m\'81nd el a ward, vor mund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate , Legerdemain , Maintain , Manage , Manner , Manur<?/ , Mound a hill.] Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual . " Manual and ocular examination."

Tatham.

Manual alphabet . See Dactylology . -- Manual exercise (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms. -- Seal manual , the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring. -- Sign manual . See under Sign .

Manual <Xpage=893>

Man"u*al (?) , n. [Cf. F. manuel , LL. manuale . See Manual , a. ] 1. A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.

This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws. Sir M. Hale.

2. (Mus.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.

Moore (Encyc. of Music).

3. (Mil.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

Manualist <Xpage=893>

Man"u*al*ist , n. One who works wi<?/h the hands; an artificer.

Manually <Xpage=893>

Man"u*al*ly , adv. By hand.

Manuary <Xpage=893>

Man"u*a*ry (?) , a. [L. manuarius , fr. manus hand.] Manual. -- n. An artificer. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Manubial <Xpage=893>

Ma*nu"bi*al (?) , a. [L. manubialis , fr. manubiae money obtained from the sale of booty, booty.] Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.]

Bailey.

Manubrial <Xpage=893>

Ma*nu"bri*al (?) , a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.

Manubrium <Xpage=893>

Ma*nu"bri*um (?) , n. ; pl. L. Manubria (#) , E. Manubriums (#) . [L., handle, fr. manus hand.]

1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma . See Illust . of Hydromedusa .

Manucode <Xpage=893>

Man"u*code (?) , n. [Javanese manukdewata the bird of the gods: cf. F. manucode .] (Zo\'94l.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia , of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.

Manuducent <Xpage=893>

Man`u*du"cent (?) , n. One who leads by the hand; a manuductor. [Obs.]

Manuduction <Xpage=893>

Man`u*duc"tion (?) , n. [L. manus hand + ductio a leading, ducere to lead: cf. F. manuduction .] Guidance by the hand. [Obs.]

Glanvill. South.

Manductor <Xpage=893>

Man`duc"tor (?) , n. [L. manus the hand + ductor a leader, ducere to lead: cf. F. manuducteur .] (Mus.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music.

Moore (Encyc. of Music.)

Manufactory <Xpage=893>

Man`u*fac"to*ry (?) , n. ; pl. -ries (#) . [Cf. L. factorium an oil press, prop., place where something is made. See Manufacture .] 1. Manufacture. [Obs.]

2. A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.

Manufactory <Xpage=893>

Man`u*fac"to*ry , a. Pertaining to manufacturing.

Manufactural <Xpage=893>

Man`u*fac"tur*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to manufactures. [R.]

Manufacture <Xpage=893>

Man`u*fac"ture (?) , n. [L. manus the hand + factura a making, fr. facere to make: cf. F. manufacture . See Manual , and Fact .] 1. The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

2. Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.

Manufacture <Xpage=893>

Man`u*fac"ture , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manufactured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Manufacturing .] [Cf. F. manufacturer .] 1. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.

2. To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron .

Manufacture <Xpage=893>

Man`u*fac"ture , v. i. To be employed in manufacturing something.

Manufacturer <Xpage=893>

Man`u*fac"tur*er (?) , n. One who manufactures.

Manufacturing <Xpage=893>

Man`u*fac"tur*ing , a. 1. Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.

2. Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects .

Manul <Xpage=893>

Ma"nul (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A wild cat ( Felis manul ), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.

Manumise <Xpage=893>

Man"u*mise` (?) , v. t. [See Manumit .] To manumit. [Obs.]

Dryden.

Manumission <Xpage=893>

Man`u*mis"sion (?) , n. [L. manumissio : cf. F. manumission . See Manumit .] The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission ."

Arbuthnot.

Manumit <Xpage=893>

Man`u*mit" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manumitted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Manumitting .] [L. manumittere , manumissum ; manus the hand + mittere to send, to send off. See Manual , and Missile .] To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave. " Manumitted slaves."

Hume.

Manumotive <Xpage=893>

Man"u*mo`tive (?) , a. [L. manus the hand + E. motive .] Movable by hand. [R.]

Manumotor <Xpage=893>

Man"u*mo`tor (?) , n. [L. manus the hand + E. motor .] A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it.

Manurable <Xpage=893>

Ma*nur"a*ble (<?/) , a. 1. Capable of cultivation . [Obs.]

Sir M. Hale.

2. Capable of receiving a fertilizing substance.

Manurage <Xpage=893>

Ma*nur"age (?) , n. Cultivation. [Obs.]

Warner.

Manurance <Xpage=893>

Ma*nur"ance (?) , n. Cultivation. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Manure <Xpage=893>

Ma*nure" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring .] [Contr, from OF. manuvrer , manovrer , to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. man<?/uvker . See Manual , Ure , Opera , and cf. Inure .] 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.]

To whom we gave the strand for to manure . Surrey.

Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. Donne.

2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.

The blood of English shall manure the ground. Shak.

Manure <Xpage=893>

Ma*nure" (?) , n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.

Dryden.

Manurement <Xpage=893>

Ma*nure"ment , n. [Cf. OF. manouvrement .] Cultivation. [Obs.]

W. Wotton.

Manurer <Xpage=893>

Ma*nur"er (?) , n. One who manures land.

Manurial <Xpage=893>

Ma*nu"ri*al (?) , a. Relating to manures.

Manuring <Xpage=893>

Ma*nur"ing (?) , n. The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.

Manus <Xpage=893>

Ma"nus (?) , n. ; pl. Manus . [L., the hand.] (Anat.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.

Manuscript <Xpage=893>

Man"u*script (?) , a. [L. manu scriptus . See Manual , and Scribe .] Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume .

Manuscript <Xpage=893>

Man"u*script , n. [LL. manuscriptum , lit., something written with the hand. See Manuscript , a. ] 1. A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.

2. Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript .

Craik.

&hand; The word is often abbreviated to MS ., plural MSS .

Manuscriptal <Xpage=893>

Man"u*script`al (?) , a. Manuscript. [Obs.]

Manutenency <Xpage=893>

Man`u*ten"en*cy (?) , n. [L. manus hand + tenere to hold.] Maintenance. [Obs.]

Abp. Sancroft.

Manway <Xpage=893>

Man"way` (?) , n. A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through.

Raymond.

Manx <Xpage=893>

Manx (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language .

Manx cat (Zo\'94l.) , a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. -- Manx shearwater (Zo\'94l.) , an oceanic bird ( Puffinus anglorum , or P. puffinus ), called also Manx petrel , Manx puffin . It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.

Manx <Xpage=893>

Manx , n. The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic.

Many <Xpage=893>

Ma"ny (?) , n. [See Meine , Mansion .] A retinue of servants; a household. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Many <Xpage=893>

Ma"ny , a. &or; pron. [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison; more and most , which are used for the comparative and superlative degrees, are from a different root.] [OE. mani , moni , AS. manig , m\'91nig , monig ; akin to D. menig , OS. & OHG. manag , G. manch , Dan. mange , Sw. m\'86nge , Goth. manags , OSlav. mnog' , Russ. mnogii ; cf. Icel. margr , Prov. E. mort . &root;103.] Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.

Thou shalt be a father of many nations. Gen. xvii. 4.

Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 1 Cor. i. 26.

&hand; Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming compounds which need no special explanation; as, many- angled, many- celled, many- eyed, many- footed, many- handed, many- leaved, many- lettered, many- named, many- peopled, many- petaled, many- seeded, many- syllabled (polysyllabic), many- tongued, many- voiced, many- wived, and the like.<-- in such usage equivalent to multi --> Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so . "As many as were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets." Exod. xxxv. 22 . "So many laws argue so many sins." Milton. Many stands with a singular substantive with a or an .

Many a , a large number taken distributively; each one of many. "For thy sake have I shed many a tear." Shak . "Full many a gem of purest ray serene." Gray . -- Many one , many a one; many persons. BK. of Com. Prayer . -- The many , the majority; -- opposed to the few . See Many , n. -- Too many , too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many for us .

L'Estrange.

Syn. -- Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various; divers; sundry.

Many <Xpage=893>

Ma"ny , n. [AS. menigeo , menigo , menio , multitude; akin to G. menge , OHG. manag\'c6 , menig\'c6 , Goth. managei . See Many , a. ] 1. The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.

After him the rascal many ran. Spenser.

2. A large or considerable number.

A many of our bodies shall no doubt Find native graves. Shak.

Seeing a great many in rich gowns. Addison.

It will be concluded by many that he lived like an honest man. Fielding.

&hand; In this sense, many is connected immediately with another substantive (without of ) to show of what the many consists; as, a good many [of] people think so.

He is liable to a great many inconveniences. Tillotson.

Many-minded <Xpage=893>

Ma"ny-mind`ed (?) , a. Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.

Manyplies <Xpage=893>

Ma"ny*plies (?) , n. [ Many , adj. + plies , pl. of ply a fold.] (Anat.) The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant .

Many-sided <Xpage=893>

Ma"ny-sid`ed (?) , a. 1. Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic .

2. Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or objects of attention; versatile.

-- Ma"ny-sid`ed*ness , n.

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Manyways, Manywise <Xpage=894>

Ma"ny*ways` (?) , Ma"ny*wise` (?) , adv. In many different ways; variously.

Manzanita <Xpage=894>

Man`za*ni"ta (?) , n. [Sp., dim. of munzana an apple.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos , but mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens , shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.

Maori <Xpage=894>

Ma"o*ri (?) , n. ; pl. Maoris (<?/) . (Ethnol.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.

Map <Xpage=894>

Map (?) , n. [From F. mappe , in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Cf. Apron , Napkin , Nappe .] 1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.

&hand; There are five principal kinds of projection used in making maps: the orthographic , the stereographic , the globuar , the conical , and the cylindrical , or Mercator's projection . See Projection .

2. Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map .

Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn. Shak.

Map lichen (Bot.) , a lichen ( Lecidea geographica .) growing on stones in curious maplike figures.

Dr. Prior.

Map <Xpage=894>

Map , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mapped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mapping (?) .] To represent by a map; -- often with out ; as, to survey and map , or map out , a county . Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map , or map out , a journey; to map out business.

I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have mapped it truly. Shak.

Mapach <Xpage=894>

Ma*pach" (?) , n. [Mexican.] The raccoon.

Maple <Xpage=894>

Ma"ple (?) , n. [AS. mapolder , mapulder , mapol ; akin to Icel. m\'94purr ; cf. OHG. mazzaltra , mazzoltra , G. massholder .] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Acer , including about fifty species. A. saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum ; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum , having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium , called also moosewood . The common maple of Europe is A. campestre , the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus , and the Norway maple is A. platanoides .

&hand; Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.

Bird's-eye maple , Curled maple , varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers. -- Maple honey , Maple molasses , &or; Maple sirup , maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. -- Maple sugar , sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.

Maplike <Xpage=894>

Map"like` (?) , a. Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow .

Mappery <Xpage=894>

Map"per*y (?) , n. [From Map.] The making, or study, of maps. [Obs.]

Shak.

Maqui <Xpage=894>

Ma"qui (?) , n. (Bot.) A Chilian shrub ( Aristotelia Maqui ). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.

Mar <Xpage=894>

Mar (?) , n. A small lake. See Mere . [Prov. Eng.]

Mar <Xpage=894>