MANEQUIN. Same as MANIKIN.
MANES, m[=a]'n[=e]z, _n._ (_Roman myth._) the benevolent or tutelary
spirits of departed persons: the lower world, as being the abode of the
manes. [L.]
MANET, m[=a]'net, he remains, a stage direction. [L. 3d sing. pres. ind. of
_man[=e]re_, to remain.]
MANGA, man'ga, _n._ a covering for a cross.
MANGABEY, mang'ga-b[=a], _n._ a slender and agile African monkey.
MANGAL, man'gal, _n._ a Turkish brazier for charcoal.
MANGANESE, mang-ga-n[=e]z', or mang'ga-n[=e]z, _n._ a hard and brittle
metal of a grayish-white colour, somewhat like iron.--_adjs._
MANGAN[=E]'SIAN, MANGAN[=E]'SIC, MANGAN'IC, MANG'ANOUS;
MANGANIF'EROUS.--_n._ MANG'ANITE, gray ore of manganese, used in glass
manufacture. [O. Fr. _manganese_, a material used in making glass, prob.
from It. and cog. with _magnesia_.]
MANGE, m[=a]nj, _n._ the scab or itch which eats the skin of domestic
animals. [From adj. _mangy_.]
MANGEL-WURZEL, mang'gl-wur'zl, _n._ a plant of the beet kind cultivated as
food for cattle.--Also MANG'OLD-WUR'ZEL. [Ger. _mangold_, beet, _wurzel_,
root.]
MANGER, m[=a]nj'[.e]r, _n._ a trough in which food is laid for horses and
cattle.--DOG IN THE MANGER, one who will neither enjoy something himself
nor let others do so--also adjectively. [O. Fr. _mangeoire_--_mangier_, to
eat--L. _manducus_, a glutton--_mand[)e]re_, to chew.]
MANGLE, mang'gl, _v.t._ to cut and bruise: to tear in cutting: to mutilate:
to take by piecemeal.--_n._ MANG'LER. [Skeat suggests a freq. form of O.
Fr. _mahaigner_, to maim--_mehaing_, a hurt.]
MANGLE, mang'gl, _n._ a rolling-press for smoothing linen.--_v.t._ to
smooth with a mangle: to calender.--_n._ MANG'LER. [Dut. _mangelen_, to
roll with a rolling-pin, through Low L., from Gr. _manganon_, the axis of a
pulley.]
MANGO, mang'g[=o], _n._ the fruit of the mango-tree of the East Indies: a
green musk-melon pickled. [Malay _mañgg[=a]_.]
MANGONEL, mang'go-nel, _n._ an engine used before the invention of cannon
for throwing stones, &c. [O. Fr.,--Low L. _mangonellus_--Gr. _manganon_, a
machine for throwing stones.]
MANGOSTAN, mang'go-stan, MANGOSTEEN, mang'go-st[=e]n, _n._ an East Indian
tree, and its fruit, which is of a most delicious taste. [Malay.]
MANGROVE, man'gr[=o]v, _n._ a tree which grows on muddy shores and
river-banks in the East and West Indies. [Malayan.]
MANGY, m[=a]nj'i, _adj._ scabby.--_n._ MANG'INESS. [Anglicised form of Fr.
_mangé_, eaten, pa.p. of _manger_, to eat--L. _manduc[=a]re_, to chew.]
MANIA, m[=a]'ni-a, _n._ violent madness: insanity: excessive or
unreasonable desire.--_n._ M[=A]'NIAC, a person affected with mania: a
madman.--_adj._ raving mad.--_adj._ MANIACAL (ma-n[=i]'a-kal).--_adv._
MAN[=I]'ACALLY. [L.,--Gr. _mania_; cf. _menos_, mind.]
MANICATE, man'i-k[=a]t, _adj._ (_bot._) covered with hairs so matted or
interwoven as to be easily stripped off. [L. _manic[=a]tus_,
sleeved--_manicæ_, long sleeves.]
MANICHÆAN, MANICHEAN, man-i-k[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to the _Manichees_
or followers of _Mani_, a native of Ecbatana (215-276 A.D.), who taught
that everything sprang from two chief principles, light and darkness, or
good and evil.--_n._ a believer in Manichæanism--also MAN'ICHEE.--_ns._
MANICHÆ'ANISM, MANICH[=E]'ISM, the doctrines of the Manichæans.
MANICURE, man'i-k[=u]r, _n._ the care of hands and nails: one who practises
this.--_v.t._ to treat the hands and nails. [L. _manus_, hand, _cura_,
care.]
MANIFEST, man'i-fest, _adj._ that may be easily seen by the eye or
perceived by the mind: clear: apparent: evident.--_v.t._ to make clear or
easily seen: to show plainly: to put beyond doubt: to reveal or
declare.--_n._ an open or public statement: a list or invoice of a ship's
cargo to be exhibited at the custom-house.--_adjs._ MANIFEST'ABLE,
MANIFEST'IBLE, that can be manifested or clearly shown.--_n._
MANIFEST[=A]'TION, act of disclosing what is dark or secret: that by which
something is manifested or shown: display: revelation.--_adv._
MAN'IFESTLY.--_n._ MAN'IFESTNESS, state of being manifest. [Fr.,--L.
_manifestus_--_manus_, the hand, _-festus_, _pa.p._ of obs. _fend[)e]re_,
to dash against.]
MANIFESTO, man-i-fest'[=o], _n._ a public written declaration of the
intentions, opinions, or motives of a sovereign or of a leader of a
party.--_v.i._ (_rare_) to issue a manifesto. [It.,--L.; see MANIFEST.]
MANIFOLD, man'i-f[=o]ld, _adj._ various in kind or quality: many in number:
multiplied.--_adj._ MAN'IFOLDED (_Spens._), having many folds or
complications.--_adv._ MAN'IFOLDLY.--_n._ MAN'IFOLDNESS.
MANIFORM, man'i-form, _adj._ having the shape or form of a hand. [L.
_manus_, the hand, _forma_, a shape.]
MANIGRAPH, man'i-graf, _n._ a device for multiplying copies of writings or
drawings.
MANIHOT, man'i-hot, _n._ a genus of tropical American, mainly Brazilian,
herbs of the spurge family--two species yielding the bitter and the sweet
cassava respectively.
MANIKIN, man'i-kin, _n._ a dwarf: a pasteboard model exhibiting the
different parts and organs of the human body. [Old Dut. _mann-ek-en_, a
double dim. of _man_, Eng. _man_.]
MANILA, MANILLA, ma-nil'a, _n._ a cheroot manufactured in _Manila_, in the
Philippine Islands.
MANILLA, ma-nil'a, _n._ a ring worn as an ornament on the arm or leg, or
used as money among the tribes of West Africa.--Also M[=A]'NILIO, MANILLE'.
[Low L. _manilia_, a bracelet--L. _manus_, the hand.]
MANILLE, ma-nil', _n._ in ombre and quadrille, the highest card but one.
[Fr.]
MANIOC, m[=a]'ni-ok, _n._ a tropical plant from which cassava and tapioca
are obtained.--Also written MAN'DIOC, M[=A]'NIHOC, M[=A]'NIHOT. [Sp.
_mandioca_--Brazilian.]
MANIPLE, man'i-pl, _n._ a company of foot-soldiers in the Roman army: in
the Western Church, a eucharistic vestment, a narrow strip worn on the left
arm.--_adj._ MANIP'ULAR, of or pertaining to a maniple: pertaining to
handling or manipulation. [L. _manipulus_--_manus_, the hand, _pl[=e]re_,
to fill.]
MANIPULATE, ma-nip'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to work with the hands.--_v.i._ to
use the hands, esp. in scientific experiments: to handle or manage: to give
a false appearance to: to turn to one's own purpose or advantage.--_n._
MANIPUL[=A]'TION, act of manipulating or working by hand: use of the hands
in a skilful manner in science or in art.--_adjs._ MANIP'ULATIVE,
MANIP'ULATORY, done by manipulation.--_n._ MANIP'ULATOR, one who
manipulates or works with the hand. [Low L. _manipul[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_.
See MANIPLE.]
MANIS, m[=a]'nis, _n._ the pangolin or scaly ant-eater.
MANITO, man'i-t[=o], _n._ a spirit or other object of reverence among some
of the American Indians.--Also MANITOU. [Algonkin.]
MANNA, man'a, _n._ the food supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness of
Arabia: delicious food for body or mind: a sweet juice or gum got from many
trees, as the ash of Sicily.--_adj._ MANNIF'EROUS. [Heb. _m[=a]n h[=u]_,
what is it? or from _man_, a gift.]
MANNER, man'[.e]r, _n._ the way in which anything is done: method: fashion:
personal style of acting or bearing one's self: habit: custom: style of
writing or of thought: sort: style: (_pl._) morals: good behaviour:
character: respectful deportment.--_adj._ MANN'ERED, having manners (esp.
in compounds, as well- or ill-mannered): affected with mannerism:
artificial: stilted.--_ns._ MANN'ERISM, a constant sameness of manner: a
marked peculiarity of style or manner, esp. in literary composition: manner
or style becoming wearisome by its sameness; MANN'ERIST, one addicted to
mannerism.--_adj._ MANNERIS'TIC.--_adv._ MANNERIS'TICALLY.--_n._
MANN'ERLINESS.--_adj._ MANN'ERLY, showing good manners: well-behaved:
complaisant: not rude.--_adv._ with good manners: civilly: respectfully:
without rudeness.--BY NO MANNER OF MEANS, under no circumstances whatever;
IN A MANNER, to a certain degree; IN, or WITH, THE MANNER (_B._), in the
very act; MAKE ONE'S MANNERS, to salute a person on meeting by a bow,
courtesy, &c.; SHARK'S MANNERS, rapacity; TO THE MANNER BORN, accustomed to
something from birth. [Fr. _manière_--_main_--L. _manus_, the hand.]
MANNING, man'ing, _n._ the act of supplying with men.
MANNITE, man'[=i]t, _n._ a sweetish crystalline compound found in celery,
sea-grasses, the dried sap of the flowering ash, &c.
MANOEUVRE, ma-n[=oo]'v[.e]r, or ma-n[=u]'-, _n._ a piece of dexterous
management: stratagem: a skilful and clever movement in military or naval
tactics.--_v.i._ and _v.t._ to perform a manoeuvre: to manage with art: to
change the position of troops or of ships: to affect or to gain by
manoeuvres.--_n._ MANOEU'VRER. [Fr.,--Low L. _manuopera_--L. _manu_, by
hand, _opera_, work. Cf. _manure_.]
MANOMETER, man-om'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for measuring the rarity or
density of gases from their elastic force--also MAN'OSCOPE.--_adjs._
MANOMET'RIC, -AL.--_n._ MANOS'COPY. [Gr. _manos_, rare, _metron_, measure.]
MANOR, man'or, _n._ the land belonging to a nobleman, or so much as he
formerly kept for his own use: the district over which the court of the
lord of the manor had authority: a tract of land in America for which a
fee-farm rent was paid.--_ns._ MAN'OR-HOUSE, -SEAT, the house or seat
belonging to a manor.--_adj._ MAN[=O]'RIAL, pertaining to a manor. [O. Fr.
_manoir_--L. _man[=e]re_, _mansum_, to stay.]