MANCHESTER GOODS, man'ches-t[.e]r goods, _n.pl._ goods or articles made in
_Manchester_, esp. cotton and woollen cloths: similar goods made elsewhere.
MANCHET, man'chet, _n._ (_Tenn._) a small loaf or cake of fine white bread.
[Ety. dub.]
MANCHETTE, man-shet', _n._ an ornamental cuff.
MANCHINEEL, manch-i-n[=e]l', _n._ a West Indian tree, remarkable for the
poisonous qualities of its juice, and having a fruit resembling a small
apple. [Sp. _manzanillo_, a small apple.]
MANCHU, MANCHOO, man-ch[=oo]', _n._ one of the race from which Manchuria
took its name, and which governed China in the 17th century.--_adj._ of or
pertaining to Manchuria or to its inhabitants. [Chin., meaning 'pure.']
MANCIPATION, man-si-p[=a]'shun, _n._ in ancient Rome, a legal formality for
acquiring title to property by actual or by simulated purchase.--_v.t._
MAN'CIPATE.--_adj._ MAN'CIPATORY.
MANCIPLE, man'si-pl, _n._ a steward: a purveyor, particularly of a college
or an inn of court. [O. Fr.,--L. _manceps_, a purchaser--_manus_, hand,
_cap[)e]re_, take.]
MANDÆAN, man-d[=e]'an, _n._ and _adj._ one of an ancient and still
surviving sect in southern Babylonia, their religion a corrupt Gnosticism,
with many Jewish and Parsee elements.--Also _Mendaites_, _Nasoreans_, and
_Sabians_, and also _Christians of St John_. [Mandæan _mand[=a]_,
knowledge, gnosis.]
MANDAMUS, man-d[=a]'mus, _n._ a writ or command issued by a higher court to
a lower. [L., 'we command'--_mand[=a]re_, to command.]
MANDARIN, man-da-r[=e]n', _n._ a European name for a Chinese official,
civil or military: a small kind of orange, thought to be of Chinese
origin.---_n._ MANDAR[=I]'NATE. [Port, _mandarim_--Malayan _mantrí_,
counsellor--Sans. _mantra_, counsel.]
MANDATE, man'd[=a]t, _n._ a charge: a command from a superior official or
judge to an inferior, ordering him how to act, esp. from the Pope to a
legate, &c.: a right given to a person to act in name of another: a
rescript of the Pope.--_ns._ MAN'DATARY, MAN'DATORY, one to whom a mandate
is given by a Man'dator.--_adj._ MAN'DATORY, containing a mandate or
command; preceptive: directory. [Fr. _mandat_--L. _mand[=a]tum_,
_mand[=a]re_--_manus_, hand, _d[)a]re_, give.]
MANDIBLE, man'di-bl, _n._ a jaw-bone, esp. that of the lower jaw.--_adjs._
MANDIB'ULAR, relating to the jaw; MANDIB'UL[=A]TE, -D, having mandibles for
biting, like many insects. [L. _mandibula_--_mand[)e]re_, chew.]
MANDOLINE, MANDOLIN, man'do-lin, _n._ a musical instrument somewhat like a
lute, having strings, finger-board, and neck like a guitar.--_n._
MAND[=O]'LA, a large mandoline. [Fr.,--It. _mandola_, _mandora_, a lute.]
MANDORLA, man-dor'la, _n._ an oval panel, or a work of art filling such:
the _vesica piscis_. [It.]
MANDRAKE, man'dr[=a]k, _n._ a plant of the genus _Mandragora_, with
narcotic properties, once regarded as an aphrodisiac, shrieking when pulled
out of the ground.--MANDRAG'ORA (_Shak._). [L.,--Gr. _mandragoras_.]
MANDREL, man'drel, _n._ a bar of iron fitted to a turning-lathe on which
articles to be turned are fixed: the axle of a circular saw.--Also
MAN'DRIL. [Fr. _mandrin_; prob. through Low L. from Gr. _mandra_.]
MANDRILL, man'dril, _n._ a large kind of baboon, a native of Western
Africa. [Fr.]
MANDUCATE, man'd[=u]-k[=a]t, _v.t._ to chew or eat.--_adj._
MAN'DUCABLE.--_n._ MANDUC[=A]'TION.--_adj._ MAN'DUCATORY. [L.
_manduc[=a]re_--_mand[)e]re_, to chew.]
MANE, m[=a]n, _n._ the long hair flowing from the neck of some quadrupeds,
as the horse and the lion.--_adjs._ MANED, having a mane; MANE'LESS,
without a mane; MANE'-LIKE (_Tenn._), like a mane: hanging in the form of a
mane.--_n._ MANE'-SHEET, a covering for the upper part of a horse's head.
[A.S. _manu_; Ice. _mön_; Ger. _mähne_.]
MANÈGE, man-[=a]zh', _n._ the managing of horses: the art of horsemanship
or of training horses: a riding-school.--_v.t._ to train, as a horse. [Fr.;
cf. _manage_.]