Manatee, n. Lamantine, sea-cow, manatin.

Manciple, n. Steward (of a college), purveyor, undertaker.

Mandate, n. Command, order, injunction, precept, charge, requirement, commission, edict.

Mandatory, a. Preceptive, directory.

Mandible, n.

    1. Under jaw (of animals).
    2. (Ornith.) Beak, bill.
    3. Upper jaw (of insects).

Mandioc, Mandisc, n. [Written also Manioc, Manihoc, and Manihot.] Cassava.

Mandle-stone, n. Amygdaloid, almond-stone, kernel-stone.

Mandrake, n. Mandragora.

Manducate, v. a. Chew, masticate, eat.

Manducation, n. Chewing, mastication, eating.

Man-eater, n. Cannibal.

Man-eaters, n. pl. Anthropophagi, cannibals.

Manege, n. [Fr.]

    1. Horsemanship, equestrian art.
    2. Riding-school.

Manes, n. pl.

    1. Lares, benevolent infernal deities.
    2. Ghosts, shades, souls of the departed, spirits, spectres, lemures.

Manful, a. Courageous, bold, brave, stout, strong, vigorous, daring, heroic, intrepid, undaunted, manly, honorable, noble.

Mangel-wurzel, n. [Written also Mangold-wurzel.] Field-beet, scarcity-root (Beta altissima).

Mangily, ad. Meanly, basely, scurvily, foully, vilely.

Manginess, n. Scabbiness, scurviness.


  By PanEris using Melati.

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