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<i> B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Manly</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Manlier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Manliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Man</ets> + <ets>-ly</ets>. Cf. <er>Manlike</er>.]</ety> <def>Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.</def>

<blockquote>Let's briefly put on <b>manly</b> readiness. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Serene and <b>manly</b>, hardened to sustain The load of life. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Bold; daring; brave; courageous; firm; undaunted; hardy; dignified; stately.</syn>

<h1>Manly</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a manly man; <as>as, to act <ex>manly</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Manna</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, Heb. <ets>m\'ben</ets>; cf. Ar. <ets>mann</ets>, properly, gift (of heaven).]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.</def>

<i>Ex. xvi. 15.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name given to lichens of the genus <spn>Lecanora</spn>, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot. & Med.)</fld> <def>A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of <spn>Fraxinus Ornus</spn>, and <spn>F. rotundifolia</spn>, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.</def>

<note>&hand; <stype>Persian manna</stype> is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see <cref>Camel's thorn</cref>, under <er>Camel</er>); <stype>Tamarisk manna</stype>, that of the <spn>Tamarisk mannifera</spn>, a shrub of Western Asia; <stype>Australian, manna</stype>, that of certain species of eucalyptus; <stype>Brian\'87on manna</stype>, that of the European larch.</note>

<cs><col>Manna grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name of several tall slender grasses of the genus <spn>Glyceria</spn>. they have long loose panicles, and grow in moist places. <stype>Nerved manna grass</stype> is <spn>Glyceria nervata</spn>, and <stype>Floating manna grass</stype> is <spn>G. flu</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Manna insect</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld>, <cd>a scale insect (<spn>Gossyparia mannipara</spn>), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarisk tree in Arabia.</cd></cs>

<h1>Manna croup</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"na croup`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[<ets>Manna</ets> + <ets>Russ</ets>. & Pol. <ets>krupa</ets> groats, grits.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also <altname>manna groats</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The husked grains of manna grass.</def>

<h1>Manner</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>manere</ets>, F. <ets>mani\'8are</ets>, from OF. <ets>manier</ets>, adj., manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL. <ets>manarius</ets>, for L. <ets>manuarius</ets> belonging to the hand, fr. <ets>manus</ets> the hand. See <er>Manual</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.</def>

<blockquote>The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the <b>manner</b> of the God of the land. <i>2 Kings xvii. 26.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful,<b>manner</b>. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.</def>

Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Customary method of acting; habit</def>.

<blockquote>Paul, as his <b>manner</b> was, went in unto them. <i>Acts xvii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Air and <b>manner</b> are more expressive than words. <i>Richardson.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address</def>.

<blockquote>Good <b>manners</b> are made up of petty sacrifices. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>