Part 6794

<h1>Managership</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Man"a*ger*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or position of a manager.</def>

<h1>Managery</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Man"age*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>menagerie</ets>, <ets>mesnagerie</ets>. See <er>Manage</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Menagerie</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Husbandry; economy; frugality.</def>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<h1>Manakin</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Man"a*kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. & G. <ets>manakin</ets>; prob. the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of numerous small birds belonging to <spn>Pipra</spn>, <spn>Manacus</spn>, and other genera of the family <spn>Piprid\'91</spn>. 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.</def>

<h1>Manakin</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Man"a*kin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dwarf. See <er>Manikin</er>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Manatee</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Man`a*tee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>manat\'a1</ets>, from the native name in Hayti. Cf. <er>Lamantin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of <spn>Trichechus</spn>, a genus of sirenians; -- called also<altname>sea cow</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>manaty</asp>, <asp>manati</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; One species (<spn>Trichechus Senegalensis</spn>) inhabits the west coast of Africa; another (<spn>T. Americanus</spn>) inhabits the east coast of South America, and the West-Indies. The Florida manatee (<spn>T. latirostris</spn>) is by some considered a distinct species, by others it is thought to be a variety of <spn>T. Americanus</spn>. 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.</note>

<h1>Manation</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Ma*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[L.<ets>manatio</ets>, fr. <ets>manare</ets> to flow.]</ety> <def>The act of issuing or flowing out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Manbote</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Man"bote`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>man</ets> man, vassal + <ets>b&omac;t</ets> recompense.]</ety> <fld>(Anglo-Saxon Law)</fld> <def>A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant).</def>

<i>Spelman.</i>

<h1>Manca</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Man"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL.]</ety> <def>See <er>Mancus</er>.</def>

<h1>Manche</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Manche</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <altsp>[Also <asp>maunch</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[F. <ets>manche</ets>, fr. L. <ets>manica</ets>. See <er>Manacle</er>.]</ety> <def>A sleeve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Manchet</h1> <Xpage=889>

<hw>Man"chet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fine white bread; a loaf of fine bread.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Bacon. Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Manchineel</h1> <Xpage=889>

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