Part 6798

<h1>Mandingos</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*din"gos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt><def>; <i>sing</i>. <er>Mandingo</er>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> An extensive and powerful tribe of West African negroes.</def>

<h1>Mandioc, Mandioca</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw><hw>Man"di*oc</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Man`di*o"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Manioc</er>.</def>

<h1>Mandlestone</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"dle*stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>mandelstein</ets> almond stone.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Amygdaloid.</def>

<h1>Mandment</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Mand"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Commandment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Mandolin, Mandoline</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw><hw>Man"do*lin</hw>, <hw>Man"do*line</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mandoline</ets>, It. <ets>mandolino</ets>, dim. of <ets>mandola</ets>, fr. L. <ets>pandura</ets>. See <er>Bandore</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.</def>

<h1>Mandore</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"dore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Mandolin</er>, and <er>Bandore</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A kind of four-stringed lute.</def>

<h1>Mandragora</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*drag"o*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., <ets>mandragoras</ets> the mandrake.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants; the mandrake. See <er>Mandrake</er>, 1.</def>

<h1>Mandragorite</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*drag"o*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.</def>

<h1>Mandrake</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"drake</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>mandragora</ets>, L. <ets>mandragoras</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>mandragore</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A low plant (<spn>Mandragora officinarum</spn>) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region.</def>

<blockquote>And shrieks like <b>mandrakes</b>, torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant, but proof is wanting.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The May apple (<spn>Podophyllum peltatum</spn>). See <cref>May apple</cref> under <er>May</er>, and <er>Podophyllum</er>.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Mandrel</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"drel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>mandrin</ets>, prob. through (assumed) LL. <ets>mamphurinum</ets>, fr. L. <ets>mamphur</ets> a bow drill.]</ety> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>manderil</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Mandrel lathe</col>, <cd>a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp. for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning or spinning.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mandrill</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"drill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mandrille</ets>, Sp. <ets>mandril</ets>, It. <ets>mandrillo</ets>; prob. the native name in Africa. Cf. <er>Drill</er> an ape.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>a large West African baboon (<spn>Cynocephalus, &or; Papio, mormon</spn>). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.</def>

<h1>Manducable</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"du*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>manducable</ets>. See <er>Manducate</er>.]</ety> <def>Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>