Webster's Dictionary 1913

784

Mandil

Man″dil (măn″dĭl), n. [OF. mandil; cf. Sp. & Pg. mandil a coarse apron, a haircloth; all from Ar. mandil tablecloth, handkerchief, mantle, fr. LGr. μανδήλιον, fr. L. mantile, ma...

785

Mandilion

Man‐dil″ion (?), n. See Mandil. Chapman.

786

Mandingos

Man‐din″gos (?), n. pl.sing.Mandingo. (Ethnol.) An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes.

787

Mandioc

{ Man″di‐oc (?), ‖Man′di‐o″ca (?), } n.(Bot.) See Manioc.

788

Mandlestone

Man″dle‐stone′ (?), n. [G. mandelstein almond stone.] (Min.) Amygdaloid.

789

Mandment

Mand″ment (?), n. Commandment.

790

Mandola

Man‐do″la (?), n. [It. See Mandolin.] (Mus.) An instrument closely resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.

791

Mandolin

{ Man″do‐lin, Man″do‐line } (?), n. [F. mandoline, It. mandolino, dim. of mandola, fr. L. pandura. See Bandore.] (Mus.) A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the ...

792

Mandore

Man″dore (?), n. [See Mandolin, and Bandore.] (Mus.) A kind of four-stringed lute.

793

Mandragora

Man‐drag″o‐ra (?), n. [L., mandragoras the mandrake.] (Bot.) A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.

794

Mandragorite

Man‐drag″o‐rite (?), n. One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.

795

Mandrake

Man″drake (măn″drāk), n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr. Gr. μανδραγόρασ: cf. F. mandragore.] 1. (Bot.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, havin...

796

Mandrel

Man″drel (?), n. [F. mandrin, prob. through (assumed) LL. mamphurinum, fr. L. mamphur a bow drill.] (Mach.) (a) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, a...

797

Mandrill

Man″drill (–drĭl), n. [Cf. F. mandrille, Sp. mandril, It. mandrillo; prob. the native name in Africa. Cf. Drill an ape.] (Zoöl.) A large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, orPap...

798

Manducable

Man″du‐ca‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. manducable. See Manducate.] Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten.Any manducable creature. Sir T. Herbert.

799

Manducate

Man″du‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Manducated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Manducating (?).] [L. manducatus, p. p. of manducare to chew. See Manger.] To masticate; to chew; to eat. Jer....

800

Manducation

Man′du‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. manducatio: cf. F. manducation.] The act of chewing. Jer. Taylor.

801

Manducatory

Man″du‐ca‐to‐ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.

802

Manducus

‖Man‐du″cus (?), n. [L., fr. manducare to chew.] (Gr. & Rom. Antiq.) A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the...

803

Mane

Mane (mān), n. [AS. manu; akin to OD. mane, D. maan, G. mähne, OHG. mana, Icel. mön, Dan. & Sw. man, AS. mene necklace, Icel. men, L. monile, Gr. �, �, Skr. manyā neck muscles. ...

804

Maned

Maned (?), a. Having a mane.Maned seal(Zoöl.), the sea lion. — Maned sheep(Zoöl.), the aoudad.

805

Manege

Ma‐nege″ (?; 277), n. [F. manège. See Manage, n.] 1. Art of horsemanship, or of training horses.2. A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training horses. Chesterfield.

806

Maneh

‖Ma″neh (?), n. [Heb. māneh.] A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver. Ezek. xlv. 12.

807

Maneless

Mane″less (?), a. Having no mane.Maneless lion(Zoöl.), a variety of the lion having a short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacent countries.

808

Manequin

Man″e‐quin (?), n. [See Manikin.] An artist's model of wood or other material.

809

Manerial

Ma‐ne″ri‐al (?), a. See Manorial.

810

Manes

‖Ma″nes (?), n. pl.(Rom. Antiq.) The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.Hail, O ye holy manes! Dryden.