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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Măn’gler, n. p. 808One who mangles or tears in cutting. 2. One who smooths linen with a mangle.Măn’go, n. p. 808The fruit of the mango-tree, of the East Indies. When pickled, it forms an article of commerce, and is imported into Europe and the United States. 2. A green musk-melon pickled.Mango-fish p. 808a fish of the Ganges (the Polynemus risua), about fifteen inches long, and highly esteemed for food. It appears about the same time with the mango fruit, in April and May, whence the name.Măng'go-bîrd, n. p. 808(Ornith.) The Indian oriole (Oriolus kundoo). Dallas.Măn'gold-wûr'zel, n. p. 808See MANGEL-WURZEL.Măn'go-nĕl, n. p. 808An engine formerly used for throwing stones and battering walls.Măn’go-nĭsm, n. p. 808The art of mangonizing, or setting off to advantage. [Obs.]Măng'go-nīst, n. p. 808One who mangonizes, or furbishes up worthless articles for sale. [Obs.] Marston. 2. A slave-dealer; also, a strumpet. [Obs.]Măn’go-nīze, v. t. p. 808To furbish up for sale; to set off to advantage. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Măng'-go-stăn, n. p. 808Măn'go-steen p. 808A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (G. mangostana);—so called from Dr. Garcin, who described it. The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of…Mān’go-tree, n. p. 808(Bot.) An East Indian tree of the genus Mangifera (M. Indica). It grows to a large size, and produces the mango of commerce.Măn'grōve, n. p. 808(Bot.) A tree of the East and West Indies of the genus Rhizophora. The common, or black mangrove, or mangle, and also others of the genus, are found all along the shores of the tropics, rooting in…Măn'gy, a. p. 808Infected with the mange; scabby.Man-hā'den, n. p. 808See MENHADEN.Măn'-hōle, n. p. 808A hole through which a man may creep into a drain, cess-pool, steam-boiler, parts of machinery, &c., to clean or repair.Măn'hood, n. p. 808The state of being man, or man as distinguished from one of the lower animals, from a child, a woman, or a divine being. 2. Manly quality; courage; bravery; resolution.Mā'ni-ă, n. p. 808Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. 2. Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion. Mania a potu [Lat.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens. Syn.—Insanity; derangement; madness…Măn'i-a-ble, a. p. 808Manageable; tractable. [Obs.] Bacon.Mā'ni-ăc, a. p. 808Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; mad.Mā'ni-ac, n. p. 808One raving with madness; a madman.Ma-nĭ'a-cal, a. p. 808Affected with madness.Măn'i-cate, a. p. 808(Bot.) Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a tissue easily removed.