Man`u*ten"en*cy (?), n. [L. manus hand + tenere to hold.] Maintenance.
[Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.
Man"way` (?), n. A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass
through. Raymond.
Manx (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants;
as, the Manx language.
Manx cat (Zoöl.), a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail,
containing only about three vertebrae. -- Manx shearwater (Zoöl.), an
oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, or P. puffinus), called also Manx
petrel, Manx puffin. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
Manx, n. The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect
of the Celtic.
Ma"ny (?), n. [See Meine, Mansion.] A retinue of servants; a household.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
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, mænig, monig; akin to D. menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan.
mange, Sw. månge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf. Icel.
margr, Prov. E. mort. √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.