Part 6815

<hw>Man"quell`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A killer of men; a manslayer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Carew.</i>

<h1>Manred, Manrent</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw><hw>Man"red</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Man"rent`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scots Law]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

<h1>Manrope</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"rope`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Mansard roof</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"sard roof"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[So called from its inventor, Fran&cced;ois <ets>Mansard</ets>, or <ets>Mansart</ets>, a distinguished French architect, who died in 1666.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.</def>

<h1>Manse</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Manse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>mansa</ets>, <ets>mansus</ets>, <ets>mansum</ets>, a farm, fr. L. <ets>manere</ets>, <ets>mansum</ets>, to stay, dwell. See <er>Mansion</er>, <er>Manor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A dwelling house, generally with land attached.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The parsonage; a clergyman's house.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<cs><col>Capital manse</col>, <cd>the manor house, or lord's court.</cd></cs>

<h1>Manservant</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"serv`ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A male servant.</def>

<h1>Mansion</h1> <Xpage=892>

<hw>Man"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>mansion</ets>, F. <ets>maison</ets>, fr. L. <ets>mansio</ets> a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. <ets>manere</ets>, <ets>mansum</ets>, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Manse</er>, <er>Manor</er>, <er>Menagerie</er>, <er>Menial</er>, <er>Permanent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In my Father's house are many <b>mansions</b>. <i>John xiv. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their <b>mansions</b> keep. <i>Den<?/am.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st <er>House</er>, <er>8</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The eight and twenty <b>mansions</b> <b>That longen to the moon</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Mansion house</col>, <cd>the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor.</cd></cs>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Mansion</h1> <Xpage=892>