{ Man"do*lin, Man"do*line } (?), n. [F. mandoline, It. mandolino, dim.
of mandola, fr. L. pandura. See Bandore.] (Mus.) A small and
beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.
Man"dore (?), n. [See Mandolin, and Bandore.] (Mus.) A kind of
four-stringed lute.
Man*drag"o*ra (?), n. [L., mandragoras the mandrake.] (Bot.) A genus of
plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.
Man*drag"o*rite (?), n. One who habitually intoxicates himself with a
narcotic obtained from mandrake.
Man"drake (mn"drk), n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr. Gr.
mandrago`ras: cf. F. mandragore.] 1. (Bot.) A low plant (Mandragora
officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often
forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant
are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region.
And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth, That living
mortals, hearing them, run mad.
Shak.
The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant, but proof is
wanting.
2. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). See May apple under
May, and Podophyllum. [U.S.]
Man"drel (?), n. [F. mandrin, prob. through (assumed) LL. mamphurinum,
fr. L. mamphur a bow drill.] (Mach.) (a) A bar of metal inserted in the
work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of
manufacture; an arbor. (b) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the
revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.
[Written also manderil.]
Mandrel lathe, a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp. for chucking,
as for forming hollow articles by turning or spinning.
Man"drill (-drl), n. [Cf. F. mandrille, Sp. mandril, It. mandrillo;
prob. the native name in Africa. Cf. Drill an ape.] (Zoöl.) A large
West African baboon (Cynocephalus, or Papio, mormon). The adult male
has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings,
conspicuously striped with blue and red.
Man"du*ca*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. manducable. See Manducate.] Such as can
be chewed; fit to be eaten. [R.]
Any manducable creature.
Sir T. Herbert.
Man"du*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manducated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Manducating (?).] [L. manducatus, p. p. of manducare to chew. See
Manger.] To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Man`du*ca"tion (?), n. [L. manducatio: cf. F. manducation.] The act of
chewing. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Man"du*ca*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
||Man*du"cus (?), n. [L., fr. manducare to chew.] (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) A
||grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in
||processions and by comic actors on the stage.
Mane (mn), n. [AS. manu; akin to OD. mane, D. maan, G. mähne, OHG.
mana, Icel. mön, Dan. & Sw. man, AS. mene necklace, Icel. men, L.
monile, Gr. &?;, &?;, Skr. many neck muscles. √275.] 1. The long
and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some
quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse.
2. The hair growing on a person's head, especially hair that is long
and thick; -- usually used humorously. [jocose] [PJC]
Man"-eat`er (?), n. (Zoöl.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for
human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp.
Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the
habit of feeding upon human flesh.
Maned (?), a. Having a mane.
Maned seal (Zoöl.), the sea lion. -- Maned sheep (Zoöl.), the aoudad.
Ma*nege" (?; 277), n. [F. manège. See Manage, n.] 1. Art of
horsemanship, or of training horses.
2. A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training horses.
Chesterfield.
||Ma"neh (?), n. [Heb. mneh.] A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being
||one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver. Ezek. xlv.
||12.
Mane"less (?), a. Having no mane.
Maneless lion (Zoöl.), a variety of the lion having a short,
inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacent countries.
Man"e*quin (?), n. [See Manikin.] An artist's model of wood or other
material.
Ma*ne"ri*al (?), a. See Manorial.
||Ma"nes (?), n. pl. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) The benevolent spirits of the
||dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and
||protectors.
Hail, O ye holy manes!
Dryden.
Mane"sheet` (?), n. A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's
head.
{ Ma*neu"ver, Ma*nœu"vre } (?), n. [F. manœuvre, OF. manuevre, LL.
manopera, lit., hand work, manual labor; L. manus hand + opera, fr.
opus work. See Manual, Operate, and cf. Mainor, Manure.]
1. Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval
evolution, movement, or change of position.
2. Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding;
stratagem.
{ Ma*neu"ver, Ma*nœu"vre, } v. i. [imp. & p. p. Maneuvered (#) or
Manœuvred; p. pr. & vb. n. Maneuvering (&?;), or Manœuvring (&?;).]
[Cf. F. manœuvrer. See Maneuver, n.] 1. To perform a movement or
movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position
with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.