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.