Manure (2)
Ma‐nure″ (mȧ‐nūr″), n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Manurement
Ma‐nure″ment, n. [Cf. OF. manouvrement.] Cultivation. W. Wotton.
Manurer
Ma‐nur″er (?), n. One who manures land.
Manurial
Ma‐nu″ri‐al (?), a. Relating to manures.
Manuring
Ma‐nur″ing (?), n. The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.
Manus
‖Ma″nus (?), n.; pl.Manus. (Anat.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.
Manuscript
Man″u‐script (?), a. [L. manu scriptus. See Manual, and Scribe.] Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.
Manuscript (2)
Man″u‐script, n. [LL. manuscriptum, lit., something written with the hand. See Manuscript, a.] 1. A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from ...
Manuscriptal
Man″u‐script′al (?), a. Manuscript.
Manutenency
Man′u‐ten″en‐cy (?), n. [L. manus hand + tenere to hold.] Maintenance. Abp. Sancroft.
Manway
Man″way′ (?), n. A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through. Raymond.
Manx
Manx (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.Manx cat(Zoöl.), a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only ...
Manx (2)
Manx, n. The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic.
Many
Ma″ny (?), n. [See Meine, Mansion.] A retinue of servants; a household. Chaucer.
Many (2)
Ma″ny, a. or pron. [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison; more and most, which are used for the comparative and superlative degrees, are from a different root.] ...
Many (3)
Ma″ny, n. [AS. menigeo, menigo, menio, multitude; akin to G. menge, OHG. managī, menigī, Goth. managei. See Many, a.] 1. The populace; the common people; the majority of people,...
Many-minded
Ma″ny–mind′ed (?), a. Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.
Many-sided
Ma″ny–sid′ed (?), a. 1. Having many sides; — said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic.2. Interested in, and having...
Manyplies
Ma″ny‐plies (?), n. [Many, adj. + plies, pl. of ply a fold.] (Anat.) The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach...
Manyways
{ Ma″ny‐ways′ (?), Ma″ny‐wise′ (?), } adv. In many different ways; variously.
Manzanilla
Man′za‐nil″la (?), n.(Olive Trade) A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonly pitted and s...
Manzanita
Man′za‐ni″ta (?), n. [Sp., dim. of munzana an apple.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Ore...
Maori
Ma″o‐ri (?), n.; pl.Maoris (�). (Ethnol.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand. — a. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to...
Map
Map (?), n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; — a Punic word. Cf. Apron, Napkin, Nappe.] 1. A representation of the surface of t...
Map (2)
Map, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mapping (?).] To represent by a map; — often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To re...
Mapach
‖Ma‐pach″ (?), n. The raccoon.
Maple
Ma″ple (?), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. möpurr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty specie...