Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 15

Manteaux (pl. ) of Manteau

Manteaus (pl. ) of Manteau

Manteau (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle.

Manteau (n.) A gown worn by women.

Mantel (n.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.

Mantelet (n.) A short cloak formerly worn by knights.

Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.

Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.

Mantelpiece (n.) Same as Mantel.

Mantelshelf (n.) The shelf of a mantel.

Manteltree (n.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.

Mantic (a.) Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.

Mantilla (n.) A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.

Mantilla (n.) A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.

Mantis (n.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina.

Mantispid (n.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.

Mantissa (n.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.

Mantle (n.) A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.

Mantle (n.) Same as Mantling.

Mantle (n.) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus.

Mantle (n.) Any free, outer membrane.

Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

Mantle (n.) A mantel. See Mantel.

Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.

Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.

Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantle

Mantling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mantle

Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.

Mantle (v. i.) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.

Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.

Mantle (v. i.) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.

Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.

Mantlet (n.) See Mantelet.

Mantling (n.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.

Manto (n.) See Manteau.

Mantologist (n.) One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner.

Mantology (n.) The act or art of divination.

Mantra (n.) A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.

Mantrap (n.) A trap for catching trespassers.

Mantrap (n.) A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.

Mantua (n.) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.

Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.

Mantuamaker (n.) One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.

Mantuan (a.) Of or pertaining to Mantua.

Mantuan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Mantua.

Manu (n.) One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors of human wisdom.

Manual (a.) Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

Manual (a.) A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.

Manual (a.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.

Manual (a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

Manualist (n.) One who works with the hands; an artificer.

Manually (adv.) By hand.

Manuary (a.) Manual.

Manuary (n.) An artificer.

Manubial (a.) Belonging to spoils; taken in war.

Manubrial (a.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.

Manubria (pl. ) of Manubrium

Manubriums (pl. ) of Manubrium

Manubrium (n.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.

Manubrium (n.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.

Manucode (n.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.

Manuducent (n.) One who leads by the hand; a manuductor.

Manuduction (n.) Guidance by the hand.

Manductor (n.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music.

-ries (pl. ) of Manufactory

Manufactory (n.) Manufacture.

Manufactory (n.) A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.

Manufactory (a.) Pertaining to manufacturing.

Manufactural (a.) Of or pertaining to manufactures.

Manufacture (n.) The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

Manufacture (n.) Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.

Manufactured (imp. & p. p.) of Manufacture

Manufacturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manufacture

Manufacture (v. t.) To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.

Manufacture (v. t.) To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.

Manufacture (v. i.) To be employed in manufacturing something.

Manufacturer (n.) One who manufactures.

Manufacturing (a.) Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.

Manufacturing (a.) Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.

Manul (n.) A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.

Manumise (v. t.) To manumit.

Manumission (n.) The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.

Manumitted (imp. & p. p.) of Manumit

Manumitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manumit

Manumit (v. t.) To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.

Manumotive (a.) Movable by hand.

Manumotor (n.) A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it.

Manurable (a.) Capable of cultivation.

Manurable (a.) Capable of receiving a fertilizing substance.

Manurage (n.) Cultivation.

Manurance (n.) Cultivation.

Manured (imp. & p. p.) of Manure

Manuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manure

Manure (v. t.) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

Manure (v. t.) To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.

Manure (n.) Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.

Manurement (n.) Cultivation.

Manurer (n.) One who manures land.

Manurial (a.) Relating to manures.

Manuring (n.) The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.

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