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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mām'mock, n. p. 806A shapeless piece. [Obs.] W. Scott.Mām'mock, v. t. p. 806To tear to pieces. [Obs.] Milton.Mām'mo-dis, n. p. 806Coarse, plain India muslins.Mām'mon, n. p. 806Riches; wealth; also, the god of riches. Ye can not serve God and Mammon. Matt. vi. 24.Mām'mon-ish, a. p. 806Devoted to the pursuit of wealth; actuated or prompted by a spirit of mammonism or money-getting. Carlyle.Mām'mon-ism, n. p. 806Devotion to the pursuit of wealth. Carlyle.Mām'mon-ist, n. p. 806A person devoted to the acquisition of wealth; one whose affections are placed supremely on riches; a worldling.Mām'mon-īte, n. p. 806One devoted to the acquisition of wealth; a mammonist.Mām'mon-i-zā'tion, n. p. 806The act or process of making mammonish; the state of being under the influence, or actuated by the spirit, of mammonism.Mam-mōse', a. p. 806(Bot.) Having the form of the breast; breast-shaped.Mām'moth, n. p. 806(Zool.) An extinct elephant, of which there are several species. The term is usually applied to the Elephant-primigenius, remains of which have been found on both continents. ☞ In the year 1799, one…Mām'moth, a. p. 806Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.Mam'mo-thrept, n. p. 806A child brought up by its grandmother; hence, a spoiled child. [Obs. and rare.] O, you are a mere mammothrept in judgment. B. Jonson.Măm'my, n. p. 806Mother; mamma. [Colloq.]Măn, n. p. 806An individual of the human race; a human being; a person. “In matters of equity between men and men.” Wolfe. A man, in an instant, may discover the assertion to be impossible. More. 2. Especially, an…Măn, v. t. p. 806To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like. See how the surly Warwick mans the walls! Shak. They man their boats…Măn'a-cle, n. p. 806An instrument of iron for fastening the hands; handcuff; shackle;—generally in the pl.Măn'a-cle, v. t. p. 806To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers. Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle him…Măn'age, v. t. p. 806To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Newton. What wars I manage, and what wreaths…Mān'age, v. i. p. 806To direct or conduct affairs; to carry on concerns or business; to administer. Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden.Măn'age, n. p. 806Conduct; administration: management; discipline; treatment; as, the manage of the state or kingdom. [Obs.] Shak. Quicksilver will not endure the manage of the fire. Bacon. 2. (Pron. mā-nāzh'.)…Mān'ağe-a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 806State of being manageable.Mān'age-a-ble, a. p. 806Capable of being managed; admitting or suffering management; governable; tractable; controllable; as, a manageable horse. 2. Easily made subservient to one's views or designs. Syn.—Governable…Mān'age-a-ble-ness, n. p. 806The quality of being manageable; tractableness.Mān'ağe-a-bly, adv. p. 806In a manageable manner.Mān'age-less, a. p. 806Incapable of being managed; unmanageable.Mān'ağe-ment, n. p. 806The act of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using for a purpose; conduct; administration; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs. All…Măn'a-ger, n. p. 806One who manages; a conductor or director; one who uses address in bringing about his purposes; as, the manager of a theater; the manager of a lottery, of a ball, &c. “A skillful manager of the…Mān'a-gē'ri-al, a. p. 806Of, or pertaining to, management or a manager; as, managerial qualities.Mān'age-ry, n. p. 806Management; conduct; direction; administration. 2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. Their unseasonable management, in that particular, drew upon them an expense of many millions. Burnet. 3. Moral…Mān'a-kīn, n. p. 806(Ornith.) A small South American bird of brilliant colors. The Pipra aureola, red, black, and yellow, and the Phoenicircus carnifex, of the brightest red, are valued species. One species is found in…Mān'-āpe, n. p. 806(Zoöl.) An animal of the highest division of apes, as the orang-outang, gibbon, gorilla, and chimpanzee.Mān-a-tee' or Mān-a-ti' or Mān'a-tīn, n. p. 806See MANATES.Ma-nā'tion, n. p. 806The act of issuing or flowing out. [Obs.]Ma-nā'tus, n. p. 806(Zoöl.) A gregarious aquatic animal, like the whale, but herbivorous. It is so called because of its hand-shaped flipper, or fore fin. The Manatus Americanus is found about tropical South America…Mān'bōte, n. p. 807(Anglo-Saxon Law.) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man; that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant. Spelman.Mānche, n. p. 807A sleeve. [Obs.]Măn'chet, n. p. 807Fine white bread; a loaf or cake of fine bread. [Rare.] And Enid brought sweet cakes to make them cheer. And, in her veil infolded, manchet bread. Tennyson.Mānch/i-neel′ (mānchē-′), n. p. 807(Bot.) A lofty tree of the West Indies (the Hippomane mancinella), so called from its effect on horses which eat of it; but its poisonous effects have been exaggerated. Its inspissated juice is used…Bastard manchineel p. 807a tree (Cameraria latifolia) of the East Indies, having similarly dangerous properties. Lindley.Man-chōō', n. & a. p. 807(Geog.) See MANTCHOO.Măn'çin-īte, n. p. 807(Min.) A brown, shining mineral, consisting of silicate of zinc;—so called from Mancino, near Leghorn, where it is found. Dana.Măn'çi-pāte, v. t. p. 807To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Hale.Măn'çi-pā'tion, n. p. 807Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Obs.] Johnson.Mān'çi-ple, n. p. 807A steward; an undertaker; a purveyor, particularly of a college. Better it were that you tarry for the mare of our mancipie at the Grange. W. Scott.Mān'cus, n. p. 807An old coin of the value of two shillings and sixpence sterling.Man-dā'mus, n. p. 807(Law.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising public authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.…Mān'da-rīn', n. p. 807A Chinese public officer; a civil or military official in China. Mandarin duck (Ornith.), a beautiful kind of duck (Anas galericulata), regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal…Mān'da-rĭn'ie, a. p. 807Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.Mān'da-rin'ing, n. p. 807(Dyeing.) The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk and wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute…Mān'da-rīn'ism, n. p. 807A government by mandarins; the character or spirit of the mandarins. The whole Chinese code, under a systematic mandarinism, is pervaded even by the principle of self-accusation for all. Lieber.Mān'da-ta-ry, n. p. 807One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order for his benefice. Ayliffe. 2. (Law.) One who undertakes…Mān'date, n. p. 807An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. This dream all-powerful Juno sends: I bear Her mighty mandates, and her words you hear. Dryden. 2.…Man-dā'tor, n. p. 807A director. Apliffe. 2. (Civil Law.) The person who employs another to perform a mandate. Homer.Mān'da-to-ry, a. p. 807Containing a command; preceptive; directory.Mān'da-to-ry, n. p. 807The same as MANDATARY.Mān'der, v. t. & i. p. 807The same as MAUNDER.Mān'der-il, n. p. 807A mandrel. See MANDREL.Măn'di-ble, n. p. 807(Zoöl.) The lower jaw of vertebrates; — also applied to designate both jaws of birds, and the anterior or upper pair of jaws in invertebrates.Man-dĭb'ū-lar, a. p. 807Belonging to the jaw, or mandible; like a mandible in form, functions, or normal relations.