MAMMON
MAM'MON, noun Riches; wealth; or the god of riches.Ye cannot serve God and mammon Matthew 6:24.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MAMMONIST
MAM'MONIST, noun A person devoted to the acquisition of wealth; one whose affections are placed supremely on riches; a worldling.
MAMMOTH
MAM'MOTH, noun This name has been given to a hugh quadruped, now extinct, whose bones are found on both continents.
MAN
MAN, nounplural men. [Heb.species, kind, image, similitude.]1. Mankind; the human race; the whole species of human beings; beings distinguished from all other animals by the pow...
MAN-MIDWIFE
MAN-MIDWIFE, noun A man who practices obstetrics.MAN, verb transitive To furnish with men; as, to man the lines of a fort or fortress; to man a ship or a boat; to man the yards;...
MANACLE
MAN'ACLE, noun [Latin manica; from manus, the hand.] An instrument of iron for fastening the hands; hand-cuffs; shackles. It is generally used in the plural, manacles.MAN'ACLE, ...
MANACLED
MAN'ACLED, participle passive Hand-cuffed; shackled.
MANACLING
MAN'ACLING, participle present tense Confining the hands; shackling.
MANAGE
MAN'AGE, verb transitive1. To conduct; to carry on; to direct the concerns of; as, to manage a farm; to manage the affairs of a family.What wars I manage and what wreaths I gain...
MANAGEABLE
MAN'AGEABLE, adjective Easy to be used or directed to its proper purpose; not difficult to be moved or wielded. Heavy cannon are not very manageable1. Governable; tractable; tha...
MANAGEABLENESS
MAN'AGEABLENESS, noun The quality of being easily used, or directed to its proper purpose; as the manageableness of an instrument.1. Tractableness; the quality of being suscepti...
MANAGED
MAN'AGED, participle passive Conducted; carried on; trained by discipline; governed; controlled; wielded.
MANAGEMENT
MAN'AGEMENT, noun Conduct; administration; manner of treating, directing or carrying on; as the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs.2. Cunning p...
MANAGER
MAN'AGER, noun One who has the conduct or direction of any thing; as the manager of a theater; the manager of a lottery, of a ball, etc.A skilful manager of the rabble.An artful...
MANAGERY
MAN'AGERY, noun [from manage.] conduct; direction; administration.1. Husbandry; economy; frugality.2. Manner of using.[Little used or obsolete in all its applications.]
MANAGING
MAN'AGING, participle present tense Conducting; regulating; directing; governing; wielding.
MANAKIN
MAN'AKIN, noun The name of a beautiful race of birds found in warm climates.
MANATI
MANA'TIMANA'TION, noun [Latin manatio, from mano, to flow.]The act of issuing or flowing out. [Little used.]
MANATION
MANA'TION, n. [L.manatio, from mano, to flow.]The act of issuing or flowing out. [Little used.]
MANATUS
MANA'TUS, noun The sea-cow, or fish-tailed walrus, an animal of the genus Trichechus, which grows to an enormous size; sometimes it is said, to the length twenty three feet. Of ...
MANCHET
MAN'CHET, noun A small loaf of fine bread. [Not used.]
MANCHINEEL
MANCHINEE'L, noun [Latin mancanilla.] A tree of the genus Hippomane, growing in the West Indies to the size of a large oak. It abounds in an acrid, milky juice of a poisonous qu...
MANCIPATE
MAN'CIPATE, verb transitive [Latin mancipo, from manceps, mancipium; manu capio, to take with the hand.] To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [Little used.]
MANCIPATION
MANCIPA'TION, noun Slavery; involuntary servitude. [Little used.]
MANCIPLE
MAN'CIPLE, noun [Latin manceps; manu capio, supra.]A steward; an undertaker; a purveyor, particularly of a college.
MANDAMUS
MANDA'MUS, noun [Latin mando, to command; mandamus we command. The primary sense is to send.]In law, a command or writ, issuing from the king's bench in England, and in America,...
MANDARIN
MANDARIN, noun In China, a magistrate or governor of a province; also, the court language of China.