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Crustacea and spiders ; the beak 

 of cephalopods ; the lower jaw of 

 vertebrates. 



mandioc, n., mand'-t-dk, and 

 manioc, n., mdn'-l-tik, spellings 

 of ' manihot, ' which see. 



Mandragora, n., man-drag<dr-a 

 (L. and Gr. mandragoras, a 

 mandrake from Gr. mandra, a 

 stable or cattle house ; agdreud, 

 I speak, as indicating the sort of 

 place where they grow best), a 

 genus of plants, Ord. Solanacese : 

 Mandragora officinalis, df-fis'm- 

 al'-is (L. officinaUs, officinal), the 

 mandrake which acts as a stimul- 

 ant on the nervous system, and 

 its forked root was long celebrated 

 for such virtues ; a powerfully 

 narcotic plant. 



mandrake, n., m&tS'drdk, a cor- 

 ruption of ' mandragora, ' which 

 see. 



manganese, n., man'-gan-ez (new 

 L. manganesia from L. magnes, 

 the magnet from its presumed 

 resemblance), a metal of a greyish- 

 white colour, very hard and 

 difficult to fuse ; applied to the 

 black- oxide of the metal : man- 

 ganesium, n., man'gan-ez'-i-um, 

 the chemical term for the metal 

 manganese. 



mange, n., mdnj (F. ddmanger, 

 to itch from manger, to gnaw), 

 the scab or itch in dogs, cattle, 

 etc. 



Mangifera, n., man-jif'-er-a 

 (mango, the native name of the 

 tree ; L. fero, I bear), a genus of 

 much esteemed tropical fruit- 

 trees, Ord. Anacardiaceae : Man- 

 gifera indica, md'ik-a (L. 

 Indicus, Indian), the common 

 mango tree, whose fruit of a 

 sweet perfumed flavour and 

 grateful acidity is eaten within 

 the tropics during the hot months 

 with great avidity. 



Mangold- wurzel, n. , properly 

 mangel, mang'-gl-wer'-zl (Ger. 

 mangel, want, scarcity ; wurzel, 

 root), the Beta campestris, Ord. 



Chenopodiacese, a plant of the 

 beet kind, having a large root. 



mania, n., mdn'i-a (Gr. mania, 

 madness), a form of madness 

 characterised by undue excite- 

 ment of the mental powers, with; 

 or without delirium ; a general 

 term to denote all kinds oil 

 insanity: maniac, n., man'-i-ak, 

 a madman : delirium is a 

 symptom of some bodily disease, 

 as in a fever : mania is a mental 

 alienation or derangement. 



Manicaria, n., man'-ik-ar'-i-d (L. 

 manica, a glove), a genus of fine 

 palms, Ord. Palmse : Manicaria 

 saccifera, sale -sifter- a (L. saccus, 

 a bag ; fero, I bear), a species 

 whose spathes come off in the 

 form of conical caps, and are used 

 as coverings for the head in the 

 W. Indies. 



manicate, a., man'-ik-at (L. man- 

 icatus, furnished with long sleeves 

 from manica, a glove), in bot., 

 covered with entangled hairs ; 

 surrounded with matted scale? 

 which are easily removed from 

 the surface in a mass. 



manna, n., mdn'-na (Heb. man>. 

 hu, what is this? L. and Gr. 

 manna), the hardened exudations 

 from the barks of various trees,, 

 which form mild laxatives ; 

 ' Tamarix gallica, ' Ord. Tamar- 

 icacese, produces Mount Sinai, 

 manna; 'Alhaji maurorum,' 

 Ord. Leguminosse, produces a 

 kind of manna ; 'Ornus rotun- 

 difolia,' ' 0. Europsea,' and other 

 species of * Ornus, ' Ord. Oleacese, . 

 natives of S. Europe, produce the 

 common manna of the shops ; a 

 kind of manna is produced from 

 the larch and the cedar of Leb- 

 anon : mannite, n., mdn'nit, the 

 peculiar sweet principle of 

 manna, called manna-sugar, which 

 does not ferment; is found also in 

 mushrooms and sea-weeds. 



mantle, n., man'tl (L. mantellum, 

 a cloak), the outer soft integu- 

 ment of the Mollusca, largely 



