Webster's Dictionary 1913

757

Mancipate

Man″ci‐pate (?), v. t. [L. mancipatus, p. p. of mancipare to sell. Cf. Emancipate.] To enslave; to bind; to restrict. Sir M. Hale.

758

Mancipation

Man′ci‐pa″tion (?), n. [L. mancipatio a transfer.] Slavery; involuntary servitude. Johnson.

759

Manciple

Man″ci‐ple (?), n. [From OF. mancipe slave, servant (with l inserted, as in participle), fr. L. mancipium. See Mancipate.] A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or In...

760

Mancona bark

Man‐co″na bark′ (?). See Sassy bark.

761

Mancus

Man″cus (?), n. 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.

762

Mand

Mand (?), n. A demand. See Demand.

763

Mandamus

‖Man‐da″mus (?), 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 ex...

764

Mandarin

Man′da‐rin″ (?), 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 of...

765

Mandarinate

Man′da‐rin″ate (?), n. The collective body of officials or persons of rank in China. S. W. Williams.

766

Mandarinic

Man′da‐rin″ic (?), a. Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.

767

Mandarining

Man′da‐rin″ing, n.(Dyeing) The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a certain change in ...

768

Mandarinism

Man′da‐rin″ism (?), n. A government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins. F. Lieder.

769

Mandatary

Man″da‐ta‐ry (?), n. [L. mandatarius, fr. mandatum a charge, commission, order: cf. F. mandataire. See Mandate.] 1. One to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically...

770

Mandate

Man″date (?), n. [L. mandatum, fr. mandare to commit to one's charge, order, orig., to put into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf. F. mandat. See Manual, Date a time, an...

771

Mandator

‖Man‐da″tor (?), n. 1. A director; one who gives a mandate or order. Ayliffe.2. (Rom. Law) The person who employs another to perform a mandate. Bouvier.

772

Mandatory

Man″da‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. mandatorius.] Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

773

Mandatory (2)

Man″da‐to‐ry, n. Same as Mandatary.

774

Mandelate

Man″del‐ate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of mandelic acid.

775

Mandelic

Man‐del″ic (?), a. [G. mandel almond.] (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; — called als...

776

Mander

Man″der (?), v. t. & i. See Maunder.

777

Manderil

Man″der‐il (?), n. A mandrel.

778

Mandible

Man″di‐ble (?), n. [L. mandibula, mandibulum, fr. mandere to chew. Cf. Manger.] 1. (Anat.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; — also applied to...

779

Mandibular

Man‐dib″u‐lar (?), a. [Cf. F. mandibulaire.] Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible. — n. The principal mandibular bone; the mandible.Mandibular arch(Anat.), the most a...

780

Mandibulate

{ Man‐dib″u‐late (?), Man‐dib″u‐la′ted (?), } a.(Zoöl.) Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

781

Mandibulate (2)

Man‐dib″u‐late (?), n.(Zoöl.) An insect having mandibles.

782

Mandibuliform

Man′di‐bu″li‐form (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having the form of a mandible; — said especially of the maxillæ of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.

783

Mandibulohyoid

Man‐dib′u‐lo‐hy″oid (?), a.(Anat.) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.