MANEUVERING
MANEU'VERING, participle present tense Changing the position or order for advantageous attack or defense.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MANFUL
MAN'FUL, adjective [man and full.] Having the spirit of a man; bold; brave; courageous.1. Noble; honorable.
MANFULLY
MAN'FULLY, adverb Boldly; courageously; honorably.
MANFULNESS
MAN'FULNESS, noun Boldness; courageousness.
MANGABY
MAN'GABY, noun A monkey with naked eyelids; the white-eyed monkey.
MANGANESE
MAN'GANESE, noun A metal of a dusky white, or whitish gray color, very hard and difficult to fuse. It never occurs as a natural product in a metallic state. The substance usuall...
MANGANESIAN
MANGANE'SIAN, adjective Pertaining to manganese; consisting of it or partaking of its qualities.
MANGANESIATE
MANGANE'SIATE, noun A compound of manganesic acid, with a base.
MANGANESIC
MANGANE'SIC, adjective Obtained from manganese; as the manganesic acid.[Manganic is ill formed.]
MANGANESIOUS
MANGANE'SIOUS, adjectivemanganesious acid is an acid with a minimum of oxygen.
MANGCORN
MANG'CORN, noun A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain. [Not used in America.]
MANGE
MANGE, noun The scab or itch in cattle, dogs and other beasts.
MANGEL-WURZEL
MANGEL-WURZEL, noun The root of scarcity, a plant of the beet kind.
MANGER
MANGER, noun [Latin mando.]1. A trough or box in which fodder is laid for cattle, or the place in which horses and cattle are fed.2. In ships of war, a space across the deck, wi...
MANGER-BOARD
MANGER-BOARD, noun The bulk-head on a ship's deck that separates the manger from the other part of the deck.
MANGINESS
MANGINESS, noun [from mangy.] Scabbiness; infection of the mange.
MANGLE
MAN'GLE, verb transitive1. To cut with a dull instrument and tear, or to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; applied chiefly to the cutting of flesh.And seized with fe...
MANGLED
MAN'GLED, participle passive Torn in cutting; smoothed with a mangle.
MANGLER
MAN'GLER, noun One who tears in cutting; one who uses a mangle.
MANGLING
MAN'GLING, participle present tense Lacerating in the act of cutting; tearing.
MANGO
MAN'GO, noun The fruit of the mango tree, a native of the East Indies, of the genus Mangifera. It is brought to us only when pickled. Hence mango is the green fruit of the tree ...
MANGONEL
MAN'GONEL, noun An engine formerly used for throwing stones and battering walls.
MANGONISM
MAN'GONISM, noun The art of setting off to advantage.
MANGONIZE
MAN'GONIZE, verb transitive To polish for setting off to advantage.
MANGOSTAN
MAN'GOSTANMANGOSTEE'N, noun A tree of the East Indies, of the genus Garcinia, so called from Dr. Garcin, who described it. The tree grows to the highth of 18 feet, and bears fru...
MANGOSTEEN
MANGOSTEE'N, n. A tree of the East Indies, of the genus Garcinia, so called from Dr. Garcin, who described it. The tree grows to the highth of 18 feet, and bears fruit of the si...
MANGROVE
MAN'GROVE, noun A tree of the East and West Indies, otherwise called mangle, and of the genus Rhizophora. One species, the black mangle, grows in waters on the sides of rivers. ...