Man"a*cle (?), n. [OE. manicle, OF. manicle, F. manicle sort glove,
manacle, L. manicula a little hand, dim. of manus hand; cf. L. manica
sleeve, manacle, fr. manus. See Manual.] A handcuff; a shackle for the
hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on
the right hand.
Ecclus. xxi. 19.
Man"a*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling
(?).] To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the
hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or
natural powers.
Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand
and foot ?
Arbuthnot.
Man"age (?), n. [F. manège, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr.
L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. ménage housekeeping,
OF. mesnage, akin to E. mansion. See Manual, and cf. Manege.] The
handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management;
administration. See Manege. [Obs.]
Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than
they can hold.
Bacon.
Down, down I come; like glistering Phaëthon Wanting the manage of
unruly jades.
Shak.
The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.
Shak.
This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been
displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.
Man"age (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Managed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Managing
(?).] [From Manage, n.] 1. To have under control and direction; to
conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed.
Sir I. Newton.
What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain.
Prior.
2. Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield
with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around
cunningly to one's plans.
It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects.
Addison.
It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an
ascendant.
Bp. Hurd.
3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or
artful action.