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Mammoth (mămmŏth), n. [Russ. mâmont, mámant, fr. Tartar mamma the earth. Certain Tartar races, the Tungooses and Yakoots, believed that the mammoth worked its way in the earth like a mole.] (Zoöl.) An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Mammuthus primigenius formerly Elephas primigenius), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both continents. The last of the race, in Europe, were coeval with prehistoric man.
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☞ Several specimens have been found in Siberia preserved entire, with the flesh and hair remaining. They were imbedded in the ice cliffs at a remote period, and became exposed by the melting of the ice.
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Mammoth (mămmŏth), a. Resembling the mammoth in size; very large; gigantic; as, a mammoth ox.
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mammothrept (mămm�thrĕpt), n. [Gr. mammoqreptos; mamma grandmother + trepein to nourish.] A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child. [R.]
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O, you are a more mammothrept in judgment. B. Jonson.
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Mammuthus prop. n. An extinct genus comprising the mammoths.
Syn. -- genus Mammuthus.
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Mammuthus primigenius prop. n. (Zool.) The species name for the woolly mammoth, a very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the Northern hemisphere.
Syn. -- woolly mammoth, northern mammoth.
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Mammutidae prop. n. An extinct natural family of mammals, comprising the mastodons.
Syn. -- family Mammutidae, family Mastodontidae.
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mammy (mămm�), n.; pl. mammies (mămmĭz). A child's name for mamma, mother.
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mamoncillo n. A tropical American tree (Melicocca bijuga, or Melicocca bijugatus) bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
Syn. -- Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus.
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Mamzer (?), n. [Heb. mámzēr.] A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard. Deut. xxiii. 2 (Douay version).
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Man (măn), n.; pl. Men (mĕn). [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. maðr, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind. √104. Cf. a pert girl.] 1. A human being; -- opposed to beast.
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These men went about wide, and man found they none,
But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one. R. of Glouc.
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The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me. Shak.
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'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast! W. C. Fields
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2. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
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When I became a man, I put away childish things. I Cor. xiii. 11.
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Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man. Dryden.
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3. The human race; mankind.
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion. Gen. i. 26.
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The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.
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4. The male portion of the human race.
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Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties. Cowper.
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5. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. Shak.
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This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world “This was a man!” Shak.
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6. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
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Like master, like man. Old Proverb.
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The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor. Blackstone.
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7. A term of familiar address at one time implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the latter half of the 20th century it became used in a broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of address, but is not used in business or formal situations; as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?. [Informal]
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8. A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
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I pronounce that they are man and wife. Book of Com. Prayer.
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every wife ought to answer for her man. Addison.
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9. One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
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A man can not make him laugh. Shak.
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A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship. Addison.
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10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.
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☞ Man is often used as a prefix in composition, or as a separate adjective, its sense being usually self-explaining; as, man child, man eater or maneater, man-eating, man hater or manhater, man-hating, manhunter, man-hunting, mankiller, man-killing, man midwife, man pleaser, man servant, man-shaped, manslayer, manstealer, man-stealing, manthief, man worship, etc.

Man is also used as a suffix to denote a person of the male sex having a business which pertains to the thing spoken of in the qualifying part of the compound; ashman, butterman, laundryman, lumberman, milkman, fireman, repairman, showman, waterman, woodman. Where the combination is not familiar, or where some specific meaning of the compound is to be avoided, man is used as a separate substantive in the foregoing sense; as, apple man, cloth man, coal man, hardware man, wood man (as distinguished from woodman).
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Coloq. Man ape (Zoöl.), a anthropoid ape, as the gorilla. -- Coloq. Man at arms , a designation of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries for a soldier fully armed. -- Coloq. Man engine , a mechanical lift for raising or lowering people through considerable distances; specifically (Mining), a contrivance by which miners ascend or descend in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod which has an up and down motion equal to the distance between the successive landings. A man steps from a landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the next landing, upon which he them steps, and so on, traveling by successive stages. -- Coloq. Man Friday , a person wholly subservient to the will of another, like Robinson Crusoe's servant Friday. -- Coloq. Man of straw , a puppet; one who is controlled by others; also, one who is not responsible pecuniarily. -- Coloq. Man-of-the earth (Bot.), a twining plant (Ipomœa pandurata) with leaves and flowers much like those of the morning-glory, but having an immense tuberous farinaceous root. -- Coloq. Man of sin (Script.), one who is the embodiment of evil, whose coming is represented (2 Thess. ii. 3) as preceding the second coming of Christ. [A Hebraistic expression] -- Coloq. Man of war . (a) A warrior; a soldier. Shak. (b) (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary. (c) See Portuguese man-of-war under and also see . -- Coloq. Man-stopping bullet (Mil.), a bullet which will produce a sufficient shock to stop a soldier advancing in a charge; specif., a small-caliber bullet so modified as to expand when striking the human body, producing a severe wound which is also difficult to treat medically. Types of bullets called hollow-nosed bullets, soft-nosed bullets and hollow-point bullets are classed as man-stopping. The dumdum bullet or dumdum is another well-known variety. Such bullets were originally designed for wars with savage tribes. -- Coloq. To be one's own man , to have command of one's self; not to be subject to another.
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Man (măn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manned (mănd); p. pr. & vb. n. Manning.] 1. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
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See how the surly Warwick mans the wall ! Shak.
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They man their boats, and all their young men arm. Waller.
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2. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify. “Theodosius having manned his soul with proper reflections.” Addison.
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3. To tame, as a hawk. [R.] Shak.
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4. To furnish with a servant or servants. [Obs.] Shak.
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5. To wait on as a manservant. [Obs.] Shak.
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☞ In “Othello,” V. ii. 270, the meaning is uncertain, being, perhaps: To point, to aim, or to manage.
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Coloq. To man a yard (Naut.), to send men upon a yard, as for furling or reefing a sail. -- Coloq. To man the yards (Naut.), to station men on the yards as a salute or mark of respect.
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Manable (?), a. Marriageable. [Obs.]
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Manace (?), n. & v. Same as . [Obs.]
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Manacle (?), n. [OE. manicle, OF. manicle, F. manicle sort glove, manacle, L. manicula a little hand, dim. of manus hand; cf. L. manica sleeve, manacle, fr. manus. See .] A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
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Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. Ecclus. xxi. 19.
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Manacle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manacled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Manacling (?).] To 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.
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Is it thus you use this monarch, to manacle and shackle him hand and foot ? Arbuthnot.
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Manage (?), n. [F. manège, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. ménage housekeeping, OF. mesnage, akin to E. mansion. See , and cf. .] The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See . [Obs.]
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Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold. Bacon.
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Down, down I come; like glistering Phaëthon
Wanting the manage of unruly jades. Shak.
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The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl. Shak.
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☞ This word, in its limited sense of management of a horse, has been displaced by manege; in its more general meaning, by management.
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Manage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Managed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Managing (?).] [From , n.] 1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
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Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton.
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What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.
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2. Hence, Esp.: to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans.
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It was so much his interest to manage his Protestant subjects. Addison.
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It was not her humor to manage those over whom she had gained an ascendant. Bp. Hurd.
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3. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
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4. To treat with care; to husband. Dryden.
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5. To bring about; to contrive. Shak.
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Syn. -- To direct; govern; control; wield; order; contrive; concert; conduct; transact.
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Manage, v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
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Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden.
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Manageability (?), n. The state or quality of being manageable; manageableness.
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Manageable (?), a. Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.
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Syn. -- Governable; tractable; controllable; docile.
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-- Manageableness, n. -- Manageably, adv.
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managed economy n. A non-market economy in which government intervention is important in allocating goods and resources and determining prices.
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Manageless, a. Unmanageable. [R.]
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Management (?), n. [From , v.] 1. The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of a business enterprise; the management of state affairs. “The management of the voice.” E. Porter.
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2. Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.
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He had great managements with ecclesiastics. Addison.
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3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense.
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Mark with what management their tribes divide
Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. Dryden.
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4. The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.
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Syn. -- Conduct; administration; government; direction; guidance; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue.
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management consultant n. An adviser to business about efficient management practices.
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management personnel n. pl. Personnel having ovrall planning and direction responsibilities.
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Manager (?), n. 1. One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater.
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A skillful manager of the rabble. South.
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2. A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy and frugality; a good economist.
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A prince of great aspiring thoughts; in the main, a manager of his treasure. Sir W. Temple.
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3. A contriver; an intriguer. Shak.
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manageress n. A woman manager.
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Managerial (?), a. Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. “Managerial responsibility.” C. Bronté.
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Managership (?), n. The office or position of a manager.
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Managery (?), n. [Cf. OF. menagerie, mesnagerie. See , n., and cf. .] 1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
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2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. Bp. Burnet.
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managing director n. A person who manages a busness though not the owner or chief executive.
Syn. -- director, manager.
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managing editor n. The editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine.
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Manakin (?), n. [Cf. F. & G. manakin; prob. the native name.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridæ. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. Some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families.
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Manakin, n. A dwarf. See . Shak.
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Manannan prop. n. (Irish mythology) The Irish god of the sea; son of Ler.
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man and wife n. A man and woman who are married to each other; a married couple.
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man-at-arms n.; pl. men-at-arms (?). A heavily armed and sometimes mounted soldier in medieval times.
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manatee (?), n. [Sp. manatí, from the native name in Haiti. Cf. .] (Zoöl.) Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; -- called also sea cow. [Written also manaty, manati.]
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☞ One species (Trichechus Senegalensis) inhabits the west coast of Africa; another (Trichechus Americanus) inhabits the east coast of South America, and the West-Indies. The Florida manatee (Trichechus latirostris) is by some considered a distinct species, by others it is thought to be a variety of Trichechus Americanus. It sometimes becomes fifteen feet or more in length, and lives both in fresh and salt water. It was hunted for its oil and flesh, and every species is now an endangered species.
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Manation (?), n.[L. manatio, fr. manare to flow.] The act of issuing or flowing out. [Obs.]
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Manbird (?), n. An aviator. [Colloq.]
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Manbote (?), n. [AS. man man, vassal + bōt recompense.] (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.
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Manca (?), n. [LL.] See .
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Manche (?), n. [Also maunch.] [F. manche, fr. L. manica. See .] A sleeve. [Obs.]
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Manchester terrier prop. n. A breed of short-haired black-and-tan terrier developed in Manchester England.
Syn. -- black-and-tan terrier.
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Manchet (?), n. Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread. [Archaic] Bacon. Tennyson.
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Manchineel (?), n. [Sp. manzanillo, fr. manzana an apple, fr. L. malum Matianum a kind of apple. So called from its apple-like fruit.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.
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Coloq. Bastard manchineel , a tree (Cameraria latifolia) of the East Indies, having similar poisonous properties. Lindley.
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Manchu (?), a. [Written also Manchoo, Mantchoo, etc.] Of or pertaining to Manchuria or its inhabitants. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Manchuria; also, the language spoken by the Manchus.
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Mancipate (?), v. t. [L. mancipatus, p. p. of mancipare to sell. Cf. .] To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
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Mancipation (?), n. [L. mancipatio a transfer.] Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Manciple (?), n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with l inserted, as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See .] A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court. Chaucer.
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Mancona bark (?). See .
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Mancus (?), n. [AS.] An old Anglo Saxon coin both of gold and silver, and of variously estimated values. The silver mancus was equal to about one shilling of modern English money.
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-mancy (?). [Gr. � divination: cf. F. -mancie.] A combining form denoting divination; as, aleuromancy, chiromancy, necromancy, etc.
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Mand (?), n. A demand. [Obs.] See .
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Mandamus (?), n. [L., we command, fr. mandare to command.] (Law) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.
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Mandarin (?), n. [Pg. mandarim, from Malay mantrī minister of state, prop. a Hind. word, fr. Skr. mantrin a counselor, manira a counsel, man to think.] 1. A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.
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2. Hence: A powerful government official or bureaucrat, especially one who is pedantic and has a strong sense of his own importance and privelege.
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3. Hence: A member of an influential, powerful or elite group, espcially within artistic or intellectual circles; -- used especially of elder members who are traditionalist or conservative about their specialties.
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5. The form of the Chinese language spoken by members of the Chinese Imperial Court an officials of the empire.
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6. Any of several closely related dialects of the Chinese language spoken by a mojority of the population of China, the standard variety of which is spoken in the region around Beijing.
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7. (Bot.) A small flattish reddish-orange loose-skinned orange, with an easily separable rind. It is thought to be of Chinese origin, and is counted a distinct species (Citrus reticulata formerly Citrus nobilis); called also mandarin orange and tangerine.
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Coloq. Mandarin language , the spoken or colloquial language of educated people in China. -- Coloq. Mandarin yellow (Chem.), an artificial aniline dyestuff used for coloring silk and wool, and regarded as a complex derivative of quinoline.
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Mandarinate (?), n. The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China. S. W. Williams.
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mandarin duck n. A showy crested Asiatic duck (Aix galericulata, formerly Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection.
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