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<h1>Mandatory</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"da*to*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Mandatary</er>.</def>

<h1>Mandelate</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"del*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of mandelic acid.</def>

<h1>Mandelic</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*del"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>mandel</ets> almond.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also <i>phenyl glycolic acid</i>.</def>

<h1>Mander</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>See <er>Maunder</er>.</def>

<h1>Manderil</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"der*il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mandrel.</def>

<h1>Mandible</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"di*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mandibula</ets>, <ets>mandibulum</ets>, fr. <ets>mandere</ets> to chew. Cf. <er>Manger</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Diptera</er>.</def>

<h1>Mandibular</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*dib"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mandibulaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The principal mandibular bone; the mandible.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Mandibular arch</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the most anterior visceral arch, -- that in which the mandible is developed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mandibulate, Mandibulated</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw><hw>Man*dib"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Man*dib"u*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.</def>

<h1>Mandibulate</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*dib"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An insect having mandibles.</def>

<h1>Mandibuliform</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man`di*bu"li*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxill\'91 of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.</def>

<h1>Mandibulohyoid</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*dib`u*lo*hy"oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.</def>

<h1>Mandil</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"dil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>mandil</ets>; cf. Sp. & Pg. <ets>mandil</ets> a coarse apron, a haircloth; all from Ar. <ets>mandil</ets> tablecloth, handkerchief, mantle, fr. LGr. <?/, fr. L. <ets>mantile</ets>, <ets>mantele</ets>. See <er>Mantle</er>.]</ety> <def>A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.</def>

<h1>Mandilion</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*dil"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Mandil</er>.</def> <i>Chapman</i>.

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