Man"a*kin (?), n. [Cf. F. & G. manakin; prob. the native name.] (Zoöl.)
Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other
genera of the family Pipridæ. They are mostly natives of Central and
South America. Some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and
tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related
birds of other families.
Man"a*kin, n. A dwarf. See Manikin. Shak.
Man`a*tee" (?), n. [Sp. manatí, from the native name in Hayti. Cf.
Lamantin.] (Zoöl.) Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; --
called also sea cow. [Written also manaty, manati.]
One species (Trichechus Senegalensis) inhabits the west coast of
Africa; another (T. Americanus) inhabits the east coast of South
America, and the West-Indies. The Florida manatee (T. latirostris) is
by some considered a distinct species, by others it is thought to be a
variety of T. Americanus. It sometimes becomes fifteen feet or more in
length, and lives both in fresh and salt water. It is hunted for its
oil and flesh.
Ma*na"tion (?), n.[L. manatio, fr. manare to flow.] The act of issuing
or flowing out. [Obs.]
Man"bote` (?), n. [AS. man man, vassal + bt recompense.] (Anglo-Saxon
Law) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his
man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant). Spelman.
Man"ca (?), n. [LL.] See Mancus.
Manche (?), n. [Also maunch.] [F. manche, fr. L. manica. See Manacle.]
A sleeve. [Obs.]
Man"chet (?), n. Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread. [Archaic]
Bacon. Tennyson.
Man`chi*neel" (?), n. [Sp. manzanillo, fr. manzana an apple, fr. L.
malum Matianum a kind of apple. So called from its apple-like fruit.]
(Bot.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical
America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous
acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.
Bastard manchineel, a tree (Cameraria latifolia) of the East Indies,
having similar poisonous properties. Lindley.
Man*chu" (?), a. [Written also Manchoo, Mantchoo, etc.] Of or
pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Manchuria; also, the language spoken by the Manchus.
Man"ci*pate (?), v. t. [L. mancipatus, p. p. of mancipare to sell. Cf.
Emancipate.] To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
Man`ci*pa"tion (?), n. [L. mancipatio a transfer.] Slavery; involuntary
servitude. [Obs.] Johnson.
Man"ci*ple (?), n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with l inserted,
as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See Mancipate.] A steward; a
purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court. Chaucer.
Man*co"na bark` (?). See Sassy bark.
Man"cus (?), n. [AS.] An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver,
and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about
one shilling of modern English money.
-man`cy (?). [Gr. &?; divination: cf. F. -mancie.] A combining form
denoting divination; as, aleuromancy, chiromancy, necromancy, etc.
Mand (?), n. A demand. [Obs.] See Demand.
||Man*da"mus (?), n. [L., we command, fr. mandare to command.] (Law) A
||writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior
||tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority,
||commanding the performance of some specified duty.
Man`da*rin" (?), n. [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantr minister of state,
prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a counselor, manira a counsel, man
to think.] 1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military
official in China and Annam.
2. (Bot.) A small orange, with easily separable rind. It is thought to
be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus
nobilis).
Mandarin duck (Zoöl.), a beautiful Asiatic duck (Dendronessa
galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an
emblem of conjugal affection. -- Mandarin language, the spoken or
colloquial language of educated people in China. -- Mandarin yellow
(Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and
wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.
Man`da*rin"ate (?), n. The collective body of officials or persons of
rank in China. S. W. Williams.
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Man`da*rin"ic (?), a. Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
Man`da*rin"ing, n. (Dyeing) The process of giving an orange color to
goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter,
but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute
nitric acid. Tomlinson.
Man`da*rin"ism (?), n. A government mandarins; character or spirit of
the mandarins. F. Lieder.
Man"da*ta*ry (?), n. [L. mandatarius, fr. mandatum a charge,
commission, order: cf. F. mandataire. See Mandate.] 1. One to whom a
command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the
pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his
benefice. Ayliffe.
2. (Law) One who undertakes to discharge a specific business
commission; a mandatory. Wharton.
Man"date (?), n. [L. mandatum, fr. mandare to commit to one's charge,
order, orig., to put into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf. F.
mandat. See Manual, Date a time, and cf. Commend, Maundy Thursday.] 1.
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a
commission; a judicial precept.
This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty mandates, and her
words you hear.
Dryden.
2. (Canon Law) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator
to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant
benefice in his collation.
3. (Scots Law) A contract by which one employs another to manage any
business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous.
Erskine.
||Man*da"tor (?), n. [L.] 1. A director; one who gives a mandate or
||order. Ayliffe.
2. (Rom. Law) The person who employs another to perform a mandate.
Bouvier.
Man"da*to*ry (?), a. [L. mandatorius.] Containing a command;
preceptive; directory.
Man"da*to*ry, n. Same as Mandatary.
Man"del*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of mandelic acid.
Man*del"ic (?), a. [G. mandel almond.] (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid
first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a
white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid.
Man"der (?), v. t. & i. See Maunder.
Man"der*il (?), n. A mandrel.
Man"di*ble (?), n. [L. mandibula, mandibulum, fr. mandere to chew. Cf.
Manger.] 1. (Anat.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the
inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw
in the beak of birds.
2. (Zoöl.) The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus,
and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of
Diptera.
Man*dib"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. mandibulaire.] Of or pertaining to a
mandible; like a mandible. -- n. The principal mandibular bone; the
mandible.
Mandibular arch (Anat.), the most anterior visceral arch, -- that in
which the mandible is developed.
{ Man*dib"u*late (?), Man*dib"u*la`ted (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Provided with
mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.
Man*dib"u*late (?), n. (Zoöl.) An insect having mandibles.
Man`di*bu"li*form (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the form of a mandible; --
said especially of the maxillæ of an insect when hard and adapted for
biting.
Man*dib`u*lo*hy"oid (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining both to the mandibular
and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.
Man"dil (mn"dl), n. [OF. mandil; cf. Sp. & Pg. mandil a coarse apron, a
haircloth; all from Ar. mandil tablecloth, handkerchief, mantle, fr.
LGr. mandh`lion, fr. L. mantile, mantele. See Mantle.] A loose outer
garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.
Man*dil"ion (?), n. See Mandil. Chapman.
Man*din"gos (?), n. pl. sing. Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and
powerful tribe of West African negroes.
{ Man"di*oc (?), ||Man`di*o"ca (?), } n. (Bot.) See Manioc.
Man"dle*stone` (?), n. [G. mandelstein almond stone.] (Min.)
Amygdaloid.