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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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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…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…Măn'ū-al-ĭst, n. p. 810One who works with the hands; an artificer. [Obs.]Măn'ū-al-ly, adv. p. 810By hand.Măn'ū-a-ry, a. p. 810Belonging to the hand; manual; done by the hand. [Obs.] Fotherby.Ma-nū'bi-al, a. p. 810Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.] Bailey.Ma-nū'bi-al, a. p. 810Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.] Bailey.Ma-nū'brī-al, a. p. 810Pertaining to the manubrium; of the form of the manubrium, or handle-like.Ma-nū'brī-ŭm, n. p. 810(Anat.) The upper bone of the sternum, or breast-bone, of a handle shape.Mān'ū dū'cent, n. p. 810One who leads by the hand; a manuductor. [Obs.]Mān'-ū-dūc'tion, n. p. 810Guidance by the hand. [Obs.] Glanville. South.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.Măn'ū-făc'to-ry, n. p. 810A house or place where any thing is manufactured; a factory.Măn-ū-făc'to-ry, a. p. 810Employed in manufacturing.Măn'ū-făct'ūr-al, a. p. 810Pertaining or relating to manufactures.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…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…Măn'ū-făc'tūre, v. i. p. 810To be occupied in manufactures; as, a manufacturing community or district.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.Mān'ū-mīze', v. t. p. 810To make free; to manumit; to enfranchise. [Obs.] And slaves now manumised on their dead master wait. Dryden.Măn/ū mĭs'sion, n. p. 810The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage, and giving him freedom.Mān'ū-mīt', v. t. p. 810To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.Mān'ū-mō'tive, a. p. 810Movable by hand.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.Ma-nūr'a-ble, a. p. 810Capable of being manured, or of being cultivated.Ma-nūr'aġe, n. p. 810Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner.Ma-nūr'ançe, n. p. 810Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser.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…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.Ma-nūre'ment, n. p. 810Cultivation; improvement. [Obs.] Wharton.Ma-nū'rer, n. p. 810One who manures land.Ma-nū'ri-al, a. p. 810Relating to manures. [Rare]. “The manurial value.” S. W. Johnson.Ma-nūr'ing, n. p. 810A dressing or spread of manure on land. Milford.Măn'ū-scrīpt, a. p. 810Written with the hand; not printed.Măn'ū-script, n. p. 810A book or paper written with the hand; a written, as distinguished from a printed, document.Măn'ū-script'al, a. p. 811Pertaining to, or contained in, manuscript; manuscript. [Obs.]Mānŭ-tēn'en-cy, n. p. 811Maintenance. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.Măn'-wor'thy, a. p. 811Becoming a man. “Where it is in advance to a better and more man-worthy order of things.” Coleridge.Mănx, n. p. 811The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic. [Written also Manks.]Mănx, a. p. 811Of, or pertaining to, the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language. [Written also Manks.]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…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.”…Ma'ny, n. p. 811A retinue of servants; household. [Obs.] Chaucer.Ma'ny-wāys or Ma'ny-wīse, adv. p. 811In many different ways; variously.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…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…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…Māp'-mount/er, n. p. 811One who backs maps with canvas, varnishes and fixes them on rollers, and the like. Simmonds.Māp'per-y, n. p. 811The art of planning and designing maps. [Obs.] Shak.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…Mār, n. p. 811A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; an injury. 2. A small lake. See MERE.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.Mār'a-bōut', n. p. 811A Moorish saint, or combatant against the Infidels.Mār'a-can, n. p. 811(Ornith.) A species of parrot in Brazil.Mār'a-cōck, n. p. 811(Bot.) A plant of the genus Passiflora.Ma-rāi', n. p. 811A sacred inclosure or temple among the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.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…Ma-răn’tă, n. p. 811(Bot.) A genus of plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (M. arundinacea) arrow-root is…Mār'as-chī'no, n. p. 811A delicate spirit distilled from cherries.Ma-rā'smus, n. p. 811(Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Shak. Marasmus senilis (Med.)…