Man"tu*a*mak`er (?), n. One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women;
a dressmaker.
Man"tu*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Mantua. -- n. A native or
inhabitant of Mantua.
||Ma"nu (?), n. [Skr.] (Hind. Myth.) One of a series of progenitors of
||human beings, and authors of human wisdom.
Man"u*al (mn"*al), a. [OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus
hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. mündel a
ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain,
Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manure, 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.
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.).
Man"u*al*ist, n. One who works with the hands; an artificer.
Man"u*al*ly, adv. By hand.
Man"u*a*ry (?), a. [L. manuarius, fr. manus hand.] Manual. -- n. An
artificer. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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.
Ma*nu"bri*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped
like a manubrium; handlelike.
||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. (Zoöl.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See
Illust. of Hydromedusa.
Man"u*code (?), n. [Javanese manukdewata the bird of the gods: cf. F.
manucode.] (Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and
New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.