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<blockquote>Any <b>manducable</b> creature. <i>Sir T. Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Manducate</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"du*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Manducated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Manducating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>manducatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>manducare</ets> to chew. See <er>Manger</er>.]</ety> <def>To masticate; to chew; to eat.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor. </i>

<h1>Manducation</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man`du*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>manducatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>manducation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of chewing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Manducatory</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"du*ca*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.</def>

<h1>Manducus</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man*du"cus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>manducare</ets> to chew.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. & Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage.</def>

<h1>Mane</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Mane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>manu</ets>; akin to OD. <ets>mane</ets>, D. <ets>maan</ets>, G. <ets>m\'84hne</ets>, OHG. <ets>mana</ets>, Icel. <ets>m\'94n</ets>, Dan. & Sw. <ets>man</ets>, AS. <ets>mene</ets> necklace, Icel. <ets>men</ets>, L. <ets>monile</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, Skr. <ets>many\'be</ets> neck muscles. &root;275.]</ety> <def>The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Horse</er>.</def>

<h1>Man-eater</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Man"-eat`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. <spn>Carcharodon Rondeleti</spn>); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh.</def>

<h1>Maned</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Maned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a mane.</def>

<cs><col>Maned seal</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the sea lion.</cd> -- <col>Maned sheep</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the aoudad.</cd></cs>

<h1>Manege</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Ma*nege"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>man\'8age</ets>. See <er>Manage</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Art of horsemanship, or of training horses</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training horses.</def>

<i>Chesterfield.</i>

<h1>Maneh</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Ma"neh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>m\'beneh</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver.</def>

<i>Ezek. xlv. 12.</i>

<h1>Maneless</h1> <Xpage=890>

<hw>Mane"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no mane.</def>

<cs><col>Maneless lion</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of the lion having a short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacent countries.</cd></cs>

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