Part 6813

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Mannheim gold</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Mann"heim gold"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From <ets>Mannheim</ets> in Germany, where much of it was made.]</ety> <def>A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Mannide</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"nide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mann</ets>ite + anhydr<ets>ide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan.</def>

<h1>Mannish</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"nish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Man</ets> + <ets>-ish</ets>: cf. AS. <ets>mennisc</ets>, <ets>menisc</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>But yet it was a figure Most like to <b>mannish</b> creature. <i>Gower.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>A woman impudent and <b>mannish</b> grown. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fond of men; -- said of a woman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Man"nish*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>,<tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Man"nish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Mannitan</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ni*tan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mannite</ets> + <ets>an</ets>hydrite.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite.</def>

<h1>Mannitate</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ni*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of mannitic acid.</def>

<h1>Mannite</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>mannite</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called <i>manna</i>, the dried sap of the flowering ash (<spn>Fraxinus ornus</spn>); -- called also <altname>mannitol</altname>, and <altname>hydroxy hexane</altname>. Cf. <er>Dulcite</er>.</def> <-- (MI11) <chform>HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH</chform> = D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. -- used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. Used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener. Also used to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin. ("excipient" use) -->

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the <spn>Laminaria saccharina</spn>, or devil's apron.</def>

<h1>Mannitic</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man*nit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannite.</def>

<cs><col>Mannitic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a white amorphous substance, intermediate between saccharic acid and mannite, and obtained by the partial oxidation of the latter.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mannitol</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"ni*tol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Mannite</ets> + <ets>-ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The technical name of mannite. See <er>Mannite</er>.</def>