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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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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.Man-dĭb'ū-late or Man-dĭb'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 807Provided with mandibles, as many insects.Măn'dĭ-bū'li-fôrm, a. p. 807(Entom.) Having the form of a mandible or mandibles; — said especially of the lower jaws of an insect when hard and horny, and resembling in form the upper jaws.Măn'dil, n. p. 807A sort of mantle. (Obs.) Herbert.Man-dil'ion, n. p. 807A soldier's loose coat; an outer garment without sleeves; a sort of wrapper. Chapman.Mān'di-ōc or Mān'di-ōce, n. p. 807The same as MANIOC.Mān'del-stōne, n. p. 807(Min.) Amygdaloid. See AMYGDALOID.Mān'd'ment, n. p. 807Commandment. [Obs. and rare.]Măn'do-lin, n. p. 807(Mus.) A musical instrument resembling the guitar. It is now seldom used.Mān'dōre, n. p. 807(Mus.) A kind of four-stringed lute.Man-drāg'o-rā, n. p. 807(Bot.) A genus of plants; the mandrake.Mān'drāke, n. p. 807(Bot.) (a.) A low plant, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are…Mān'drel, n. p. 807(Mach.) (a.) A bar of metal inserted in the work to form it, or to hold it as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture. (b.) The spindle which carries the center-chuck of a lathe, and…Mān'drill, n. p. 807(Zoöl.) A very short-tailed baboon, the Cynocephalus (or Papio) mormon. It has erectile, rigid cheeks, striped with red and blue, and a bright red nose. It is a native of the western coast of Africa.Mān’du-ca-ble, a. p. 807Capable of being manducated or chewed; masticable; hence, suitable to be eaten. [Rare.] If tangible by his fingers, why not by his teeth, that is, manducable? Coleridge.Mān'du-cāte, v. t. p. 807To masticate; to chew; to eat. [Rare.]Măn'du-cā'tion, n. p. 807The act of chewing or eating. [Here.]Mān'du-ca-to-ry, a. p. 807Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing. [Rare.]Man-dū'cus, n. p. 807(Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) A ludicrous mask, representing a person chewing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage for the purpose of creating merriment.Māne, n. p. 807The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, &c.Māned, a. p. 807Having a mane.Ma-nege', n. p. 807The art of horsemanship, or of training horses. 2. A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training horses.Mā'neh, n. p. 807A Hebrew weight, used in estimating the quantity of gold and silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver. Twenty shekels, five-and-twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be…Ma-nē'ri-al, a. p. 807The same as MANORIAL.Mā'nēs, n. pl. p. 807(Rom. Antiq.) The gods of the lower world; the benevolent infernal deities; the deified shades of the dead; ghosts; souls of the departed. “Hail, O ye holy manes!” Dryden.Māne'sheet, n. p. 807A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.Ma-neŭ'ver or Ma-neŭ'vre, n. p. 807Management; dexterous movement; specifically, an evolution, movement, or change of position among military or naval bodies. 2. Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; intrigue…Ma-neū'ver or Ma-neū'vre, v. i. p. 807To perform a movement in military or naval tactics; to make an evolution. 2. To manage with address or art.Ma-neū'ver or Ma-neū'vre, v. t. p. 807To change the positions of, as troops or ships.Ma-neū'ver-er or Ma-neū'ver, n. p. 807One who maneuvers.Mān'ful, a. p. 807Showing manliness, or manly spirit; bold; brave; courageous; noble. Syn. — See MANLY.Mān'ful-ly, adv. p. 807In a manful manner.Mān'ful-ness, n. p. 807The quality of being manful; boldness; bravery.Mān'ga-by, n. p. 807(Zoöl.) A monkey (Cercocebus fuliginosus), of a uniform sooty-black color, but with white eyelids. It was so called by Buffon, from Mangaog, in Madagascar, whence he supposed them obtained. They are…Mān'ga-nate or Mān'ga-nē'sate, n. p. 807(Chem.) A compound of manganesic acid with a base.Mān'ga-nēse', n. p. 807(Chem.) A metal of a dusky white or whitish-gray color, very hard and difficult to fuse. It has the symbol Mn., and the chemical equivalent of 27.6.—Called also, sometimes, manganesium, and…Mān'ga-nē'si-an, a. p. 807Pertaining to manganese; consisting of it, or partaking of its qualities. Seghert.Mān'ga-nē'sic or Man-gān'ic, a. p. 807(Chem.) Obtained from manganese; as, manganese acid.Mān'ga-nē'si-üm, n. p. 807See MANGANESE.Mān'ga-nē'sōŭs, a. p. 807(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, manganese; as, manganeseous acid, an acid containing less oxygen than manganesic acid.Mān'ga-nīte, n. p. 807(Min.) One of the ores of manganese;—called also gray manganese ore.Man-gā'nī-üm, n. p. 807See MANGANESE.Mäng'cōrn, n. p. 807Mixed grain; a mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain. [Prov. Eng.]Mānge, n. p. 807The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts.Măn'gel-wûr'zel, n. p. 808(Bot.) A plant of the genus Beta (B. altissima), by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See BEET. [Written also mangold-wurzel.]Măn’ger, n. p. 808A trough or box in which fodder is laid for cattle; the receptacle from which cattle eat in a barn or stable. 2. (Naut.) A space across the deck, within the hawse-holes, having a coaming high enough…Măn'ger-bōard, n. p. 808(Naut.) The bulk-head on a ship’s deck that separates the manger from the other part of the deck. Totten.Măn'gĭ-ly, adv. p. 808In a vile or foul manner; meanly; basely. O, this sounds mangily, Poorly, and scurvily in a soldier's mouth. Beau. & Fl.Măn'gi-ness, n. p. 808The quality or condition of being mangy; scabbiness; infection of the mange.Măn’gle, v. t. p. 808To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to hack; to lacerate; to mutilate;—applied…Măn'gle, n. p. 808A rolling-press or calender for smoothing linen. It is an oblong wooden box filled with stones, resting upon two cylinders which roll backward and forward over the linen, spread upon a polished…Măng'gle, v. t. p. 808To smooth with a mangle; to calender, as linen.