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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Măn'-trăp, n.p. 810A machine for catching trespassers.
  2. Măn'tu-ȧ, n.p. 810A woman's gown or dress. “A new mantua of genuine French silk.” W. Scott.
  3. Măn'tua-māk'er, n.p. 810A ladies' dress-maker; one who makes women's clothes.
  4. Măn'ū-al, a.p. 810Pertaining to the hand; performed by the hand; as, manual labor. 2. Used or made by hand; as, a deed under the king's sign manual. “The manual and ocular examination of the meanest particulars in the…
  5. Măn'ū-al, n.p. 810A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a hand-book; as, a manual of laws. 2. Hence, specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic church. 3. (Mus.) The…
  6. Măn'ū-al-ĭst, n.p. 810One who works with the hands; an artificer. [Obs.]
  7. Măn'ū-al-ly, adv.p. 810By hand.
  8. Măn'ū-a-ry, a.p. 810Belonging to the hand; manual; done by the hand. [Obs.] Fotherby.
  9. Ma-nū'bi-al, a.p. 810Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.] Bailey.
  10. Ma-nū'bi-al, a.p. 810Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.] Bailey.
  11. Ma-nū'brī-al, a.p. 810Pertaining to the manubrium; of the form of the manubrium, or handle-like.
  12. Ma-nū'brī-ŭm, n.p. 810(Anat.) The upper bone of the sternum, or breast-bone, of a handle shape.
  13. Mān'ū dū'cent, n.p. 810One who leads by the hand; a manuductor. [Obs.]
  14. Mān'-ū-dūc'tion, n.p. 810Guidance by the hand. [Obs.] Glanville. South.
  15. Măn'ū-dūc'tor, n.p. 810(Mus.) An officer in the ancient church, who gave the signal for the choir to sing, who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music. Moore.
  16. Măn'ū-făc'to-ry, n.p. 810A house or place where any thing is manufactured; a factory.
  17. Măn-ū-făc'to-ry, a.p. 810Employed in manufacturing.
  18. Măn'ū-făct'ūr-al, a.p. 810Pertaining or relating to manufactures.
  19. Măn'ū-făct'ūre, n.p. 810The operation of making wares of any kind; the process of reducing raw materials to a form suitable for use, by the hands, by art, or machinery. 2. Any thing made from raw materials by the hand, by…
  20. Măn'ū-făc'tūre, v. t.p. 810To make or fabricate from raw materials, by the hand, by art, or machinery, and work into forms convenient for use; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, or glass. 2. To work, as raw materials, into…
  21. Măn'ū-făc'tūre, v. i.p. 810To be occupied in manufactures; as, a manufacturing community or district.
  22. Mān'ū-fāc'tür-er, n.p. 810One who manufactures; a person engaged in the business of working raw materials into wares suitable for use.
  23. Mān'ū-mīze', v. t.p. 810To make free; to manumit; to enfranchise. [Obs.] And slaves now manumised on their dead master wait. Dryden.
  24. Măn/ū mĭs'sion, n.p. 810The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage, and giving him freedom.
  25. Mān'ū-mīt', v. t.p. 810To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.
  26. Mān'ū-mō'tive, a.p. 810Movable by hand.
  27. Mān'ū-mō'tor, n.p. 810A small wheel-carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it in any direction; a carriage for exercise.
  28. Ma-nūr'a-ble, a.p. 810Capable of being manured, or of being cultivated.
  29. Ma-nūr'aġe, n.p. 810Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner.
  30. Ma-nūr'ançe, n.p. 810Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser.
  31. Ma-nūre', v. t.p. 810To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.] Nor could they have slid into those brutish immoralities of life had they duly manured those first practical notions and…
  32. Ma-nūre', n.p. 810Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barn yards, marl, ashes, decaying animal or vegetable substances, and the like.
  33. Ma-nūre'ment, n.p. 810Cultivation; improvement. [Obs.] Wharton.
  34. Ma-nū'rer, n.p. 810One who manures land.
  35. Ma-nū'ri-al, a.p. 810Relating to manures. [Rare]. “The manurial value.” S. W. Johnson.
  36. Ma-nūr'ing, n.p. 810A dressing or spread of manure on land. Milford.
  37. Măn'ū-scrīpt, a.p. 810Written with the hand; not printed.
  38. Măn'ū-script, n.p. 810A book or paper written with the hand; a written, as distinguished from a printed, document.
  39. Măn'ū-script'al, a.p. 811Pertaining to, or contained in, manuscript; manuscript. [Obs.]
  40. Mānŭ-tēn'en-cy, n.p. 811Maintenance. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.
  41. Măn'-wor'thy, a.p. 811Becoming a man. “Where it is in advance to a better and more man-worthy order of things.” Coleridge.
  42. Mănx, n.p. 811The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic. [Written also Manks.]
  43. Mănx, a.p. 811Of, or pertaining to, the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language. [Written also Manks.]
  44. Ma'ny, a.p. 811Comprising, or consisting of, a great number of individuals; not few; numerous. Thou shalt be a father of many nations. Gen. xvii. 4. Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many…
  45. Ma'ny, n.p. 811A numerous company; a multitude; a great number; a crowd;— chiefly in the phrases a great many, a good many, signifying many parts or repetitions, various or diversified forms. “O thou fond many.”…
  46. Ma'ny, n.p. 811A retinue of servants; household. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  47. Ma'ny-wāys or Ma'ny-wīse, adv.p. 811In many different ways; variously.
  48. Māp, n.p. 811A representation of the surface of the earth, or of any part of it, drawn on paper or other material, and usually upon a plane surface; a geographical delineation; a chart; especially applied to…
  49. Māp, v. t.p. 811To draw or delineate, as the figure of any portion of land; hence, figuratively, to delineate or picture vividly; to describe well. I am near to the place where they should meet if Pisanio have…
  50. Mā'ple or Mā'ple-tree, n.p. 811(Bot.) A tree of the genus Acer, of several species. A. saccharinum is the rock-maple, or sugar-maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation…
  51. Māp'-mount/er, n.p. 811One who backs maps with canvas, varnishes and fixes them on rollers, and the like. Simmonds.
  52. Māp'per-y, n.p. 811The art of planning and designing maps. [Obs.] Shak.
  53. Mār, v. t.p. 811To injure by cutting off a part, or by wounding and making defective; to do injury to; to damage; to hurt; to harm; to impair; to spoil. Brewers mar their malt with water. Shak. I pray you mar no…
  54. Mār, n.p. 811A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; an injury. 2. A small lake. See MERE.
  55. Mär'a-bou',, n.p. 811(Ornith.) A kind of stork of two species which produce delicate white feathers much used as ornaments by ladies. Simmonia.
  56. Mār'a-bōut', n.p. 811A Moorish saint, or combatant against the Infidels.
  57. Mār'a-can, n.p. 811(Ornith.) A species of parrot in Brazil.
  58. Mār'a-cōck, n.p. 811(Bot.) A plant of the genus Passiflora.
  59. Ma-rāi', n.p. 811A sacred inclosure or temple among the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.
  60. Mār’a-nāth’ā or Mār-a-nā’thā, n.p. 811The Lord comes, or has come; a word used by the apostle Paul in expressing a curse. This word was used in anathenating persons for great crimes; as much as to say, “May the Lord come quickly to take…