<h1>Manequin</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw>Man"e*quin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Manikin</er>.]</ety> <def>An artist's model of wood or other material.</def>
<h1>Manerial</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw>Ma*ne"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Manorial</er>.</def>
<h1>Manes</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw>Ma"nes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.</def>
<blockquote>Hail, O ye holy <b>manes</b>! <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Manesheet</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw>Mane"sheet`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.</def>
<h1>Maneuver, Man\'d2uvre</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw><hw>Ma*neu"ver</hw>, <hw>Ma*n\'d2u"vre</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>man\'d2uvre</ets>, OF. <ets>manuevre</ets>, LL. <ets>manopera</ets>, lit., hand work, manual labor; L.<ets>manus</ets> hand + <ets>opera</ets>, fr. <ets>opus</ets> work. See <er>Manual</er>, <er>Operate</er>, and cf. <er>Mainor</er>, <er>Manure</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.</def>
<h1>Maneuver, Man\'d2uvre</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw><hw>Ma*neu"ver</hw>, <hw>Ma*n\'d2u"vre</hw>,<hw> <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Maneuvered</er> <tt>(#)</tt> or <er>Man\'d2uvred</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Maneuvering</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, or <er>Man\'d2uvring</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>man\'d2uvrer</ets>. See <er>Maneuver</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To manage with address or art; to scheme.</def>
<h1>Maneuver, Man\'d2uvre</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw><hw>Ma*neu"ver</hw>, <hw>Ma*n\'d2u"vre</hw>,<hw> <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.</def>
<h1>Maneuverer, Man\'d2uvrer</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw><hw>Ma*neu"ver*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ma*n\'d2u"vrer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who maneuvers.</def>
<blockquote>This charming widow Beaumont is a <b>nan\'d2uvrer</b>. We can't well make an English word of it. <i>Miss Edgeworth.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Manful</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw>Man"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble.</def> " <i>Manful</i> hardiness." <i>Chaucer</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Man"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Man"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Mamgabey</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw>Mam"ga*bey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called by Buffon from <ets>Mangaby</ets>, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them be native.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any one of several African monkeys of the genus <spn>Cercocebus</spn>, as the sooty mangabey (<spn>C. fuliginosus</spn>), which is sooty black.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>mangaby</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Mangan</h1> <Xpage=890>
<hw>Man"gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Mangonel</er>.</def>
<h1>Manganate</h1> <Xpage=890>
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