Bastard manchineel, a tree (Cameraria latifolia) of the East Indies, having similar poisonous properties. Lindley.

Manager to Manganate

Manager
(Man"a*ger) n.

1. One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater.

A skillful manager of the rabble.
South.

2. A person who conducts business or household affairs with economy and frugality; a good economist.

A prince of great aspiring thoughts; in the main, a manager of his treasure.
Sir W. Temple.

3. A contriver; an intriguer. Shak.

Managerial
(Man`a*ge"ri*al) a. Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. "Managerial responsibility." C. Bronté.

Managership
(Man"a*ger*ship) n. The office or position of a manager.

Managery
(Man"age*ry) n. [Cf. OF. menagerie, mesnagerie. See Manage, n., and cf. Menagerie.]

1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.

2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. Bp. Burnet.

Manakin
(Man"a*kin) n. [Cf. F. & G. manakin; prob. the native name.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridæ. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. Some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families.

Manakin
(Man"a*kin), n. A dwarf. See Manikin. Shak.

Manatee
(Man`a*tee") n. [Sp. manatí, from the native name in Hayti. Cf. Lamantin.] (Zoöl.) Any species of Trichechus, a genus of sirenians; — called also sea cow. [Written also manaty, manati.]

One species (Trichechus Senegalensis) inhabits the west coast of Africa; another (T. Americanus) inhabits the east coast of South America, and the West-Indies. The Florida manatee (T. latirostris) is by some considered a distinct species, by others it is thought to be a variety of T. Americanus. It sometimes becomes fifteen feet or more in length, and lives both in fresh and salt water. It is hunted for its oil and flesh.

Manation
(Ma*na"tion) n.[L. manatio, fr. manare to flow.] The act of issuing or flowing out. [Obs.]

Manbote
(Man"bote`) n. [AS. man man, vassal + bot recompense.] (Anglo-Saxon Law) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man Spelman.

Manca
(Man"ca) n. [LL.] See Mancus.

Manche
(Manche) n. [Also maunch.] [F. manche, fr. L. manica. See Manacle.] A sleeve. [Obs.]

Manchet
(Man"chet) n. Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread. [Archaic] Bacon. Tennyson.

Manchineel
(Man`chi*neel") n. [Sp. manzanillo, fr. manzana an apple, fr. L. malum Matianum a kind of apple. So called from its apple-like fruit.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.


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