manacle 
BCP ninnrli", } Aii iiistriiinont of iron for fetter- 
ing the hiinil; a handcuff or shaoklo: gent-rally 
used in tlio plural. 
Knock off his manatlrt; bring your prisoner to the king. 
Shall., ('} mlii-Miie, v. 4. 199. 
= Syn. U<im. h'rtirr, i-tc. See shackle. 
manacle (iiiun'a-kl), r. t. ; pret. and pp. IH- 
acli'il, ]>pr. manacling. [< ME. maniirii H. /</- 
</<; < manacle, H.] Toconfine the hands of with 
handcuffs; shaokle; hence, to restrain or fetter 
the will or action of; impose constraint upon. 
Bothe with yrn ant with stel manlcted were ys honde. 
Execution itf Sir Simon Prater (Child's Ballads, VI. 279). 
Freer than air, yet manacled with rhyme. 
W. llarte, Vision of Death, Int., 1. 8. 
The Bailey-slaves that sweep the streets of Rome, where 
you may chance to see the nobleman and the peasant 
manacled together. Longfellow, Hyperion, 1. 6. 
Manacus(man'a-kus),ii. [NL., <D.(MD.)m<m- 
ncken (given by lirisson as manaken), applied to 
this bird: see manikin.] 1. A genus of South 
Aniericaii birds of the family Pipridte and sub- 
family Piprinas, established by Brisson in 1760 
upon the black-capped manikin of Edwards, 
3603 
5. Bearing; behavior. 
managerial 
manageable (man 'aj- a- bl), a. [< manage + 
His talkc was sweet, his order fine, and his whole men- -able.} Capable of being managed, (a) Capable 
Common Manikin (Manaciis manacus). 
a, under side of part of left wing, showing emargination of primaries. 
called Pipra manacm by Linnreus in 1766; the 
manikins proper. The genus has been used with great 
latitude, but Is now restricted to species like the one named, 
which have feathers of the throat long and fully puffed 
out like a heard, and some of the primaries attenuated and 
falcate. There are several such. See manikin. 
2. [/. c.] In ornith., a bird of the genus Mana- 
ma in a broad sense : originally applied to Fipra 
manaens, called the bearded manikin from the 
beard-like tuft of feathers on the chin, and hence 
extended to birds of the subfamily Piprina-, or 
even of the whole family Pipridtf. They are me- 
somyodian passerine birds, generally of middle size and 
brilliant coloration, confined to the wooded parts of tropi- 
i-il America. The species are numerous, and belong to 
many different modern genera. See Pipridce. 
managet (man'aj), . [Early mod. E. also men- 
</< : < OF. manege, F. manegt; the handling or 
training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, ma- 
noeuvers, proceedings (ML. managium), = Sp. 
Pg. manejo, handling, management, < It. maneg- 
gio, the handling or training of a horse, < maiieg- 
giare (= F. manier), handle, touch, treat, man- 
age, < mono, < L. manux, the hand: see main 3 , 
manual. The word has been partly confused, 
through the obs. var. menage?, with menage 1 , 
household, household management: see men- 
fljK' 1 .] 1. The handling, control, or training 
of a horse; manege. 
He sits me fast, however I do stir, 
And now hath made me to his hand so right 
That in the menage myself takes delight. 
Sir P. Sidney (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 527). 
His horses are bred better ; for besides that they are fair 
with their feeding, they are taught their manage, and to 
that end riders dearly hired. 
Shot., As you Like it, 1. 1. 13. 
2. A ring for the training of horses and the prac- 
tice of horsemanship ; a riding-school. 
I went with Lord Cornwallis to see the young gallants 
do their exercise, Mr. Fanbert having newly rail'd in a 
manage, and fitted it for the academy. 
Evelyn, Diary, Dec. 18, 1684. 
3. In general, training; discipline; treatment. 
There Is one sort of manage for the great, 
Another for inferior. 
Chapman, Byron's Tragedy, Iv. 1. 
Quicksilver will not endure the manage of the flre. 
Bacon. 
4. Management. 
Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, em- 
brace more than they can hold. 
Bacon, Youth and Age (ed. 1887). 
Lorenzo, T eominit into your hands 
The husbandry and manage of my house. 
Slink., M. of V.. ill. 4. 25. 
For want of a careful manage and discipline to set us 
right at first. Sir K. L'Eitrange. 
age brave. Q. Harvey, New Letter, 
manage (man'aj), .; pret. and pp. managed, 
ppr. miiHiii/ini/. \{ manage, n.] I. trans. 1. 
1 o wield by hand ; guide or direct by use of the 
hands; hence, to control or regulate by any 
physical exertion. 
I do but keep the peace : put up thy sword, 
Or manage it to part these men with me. 
Shot., R. and J., L 1. 75. 
Their women very skilfull and actiue in shooting and 
managing any sort of weapon, like the auncient Amazons. 
Purchai, Pilgrimage, p. 840. 
His [Schomberg'sl dragoons had still to learn how to 
manage their horses. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xiv. 
of being wielded, handled, or manipulated; that permits 
handling : as, a package of manageable size. (6) Capable 
of being governed, controlled, or guided ; hence, tracta- 
ble; docile: as, t manageable horse; an/mnageaulf child 
The first constitution and older of things is not In reason 
and nature manageable by such a law, which is most ex- 
cellently adequated and proportioned to things fully set- 
tled. Sir JT Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 848. 
If you find their reason manageable, you attack It with 
your philosophy. GMtnnith, She Stoops to Conquer, II. 
The king . . . thought that a new Parliament might 
possibly be more manageable, and could not possibly be 
more refractory, than that which they now had. 
Macaulay, Sir William Temple. 
If a seal, after being speared, can not be managed with manageablcness (man 'aj-a-bl-nes), n. The 
the line in hand, a buoy Is "bent on, "and the animal IB quality of being manageable; tractableuess; 
allowed to take its course for a time. docility. 
O T * K T ^r" "' M lne . Ma ' nm . a ". P- ! Thlsdtoagreementmaybelmputedtothegreaterorlew 
2. To tram by handling or manipulation ; drill exactness or manageablenemot the instruments employed. 
to certain styles and habits of action ; teach by /.'"' 
exercise or training, as in the manege. ' manageably (man'aj-a-bli), adv. Inamanage- 
They vault from hunters to the managed steed. Young, able manner. 
Mr. Evans . . . Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, being management (man'aj-ment), n. 
. 
the greatest Master of that Kind in the World. 
Quoted in AMoit'i Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, 
[H. 3. 
3. To control or direct by administrative ability; 
regulate or administer; have the guidance or 
direction of: as, to manage a theater. 
If I manage my business well, 
I'm sure to get my fee. 
The Uireman Chid (Child's Ballads, VIII. 236). 
Wlio then thy master say ? and whose the land 
So dregs'd and manag'd by thy skillful hand? 
Pope, Odyssey, xxiv. 808. 
The Commons proceeded to elect a committee for man- 
aging the Impeachment. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
4. To control, restrain, or lead by keeping in 
a desired state or condition; direct by influ- 
ence or persuasion: as, to manage an angry or 
an insane person. 
Antony managed him to his own views. Middleton. 
\\ luit probability was there that a mere drudge would 
be able to manage a large and stormy assembly ? 
Macavlay, William Pitt. 
Mothers, wives, and maids, 
These be the tools wherewith priests manage men. 
Browning, Ring and Book, 1. 166. 
5. To arrange, fashion, contrive, effect, or car- 
ry out by skill or art; carry on or along; bring 
about : as, to manage the characters of a play, 
or the plot of a novel; to manage a delicate or 
perplexing piece of business. 
I have a lest to execute, that I cannot manage alone. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., t 2. 181. 
She expected to coax me at once: shell not manage 
that in one effort. Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xxxlv. 
6. To succeed in contriving; effect by effort, 
or by action of any kind (in the latter case of- 
ten ironical) : with an infinitive for object: as, 
to manage to hold one's own ; in his eagerness 
he managed to lose everything. 
The boy was nearly washed overboard, but he manayeil 
to catch hold of the rail, and . . . stuck his knees into 
the bulwarks. Lady Brawn, Voyage of Sunbeam, I. L 
= Syn. 3. Manage, Conduct, Direct, handle, superintend, 
[< manage + 
-went.] 1. The act of managing physically: 
handling ; manipulation ; physical or manual 
control or guidance : as, the management of a 
horse in riding; the management of a gun. 
Theword["fenclng")ls . . . understood to allude espe- 
cially to the management of the small sword or rapier. 
Amer. Cyc., VII. 120. 
2. The act of managing by direction or regu- 
lation; intellectual control; conduct; admin- 
istration : as, the management of a family, or of 
a theater; a board of management. 
Unanimous they all commit the care 
And nmtffimmt of this great enterprise 
To him. MUton, P. R., 1. 112. 
Our deliverers . . . were statesmen accustomed to the 
management of great affairs. Macaulay, Sir J. Mackintosh. 
Management of the household, management of flocks, of 
servants, of land, and of property In general. 
D. 0. Mitchell, Wet Days, p. 16. 
3. Manner of managing; use of artifice, con- 
trivance, skill, or prudence in doing anything. 
Mark with what management their tribes divide. 
Dryden. 
In the management of the heroic couplet Dryden has 
never been equalled. Macaulay, Dryden. 
Soon after dinner Caroline coaxed her governess-cousin 
up-stairs to dress : this manoeuvre required management. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, vt 
4f. Negotiation; transaction; dealing. 
To Council, where Sir Cha. Wheeler, late Gov of the 
Leeward Islands, having ben complain'd of for many in 
discreete management*. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 14, 1671. 
They say, too, that he (the Duke of Savoy] had great man- 
agemenbt with several ecclesiastics before he turned her- 
mit, and that he did it in the view of being advanced to 
the pontificate. 
Additon, Remarks on Italy (ed. BohnX I. 511. 
5. Collectively, the body of directors or man- 
agers of any undertaking, concern, or interest; 
a board of directors or managers. =8yn. 1 and a 
Government, direction, guidance, disposal, care, clutrgej 
control, superintendence. 
supervise, order, transact. Manage literally implies ban- manager (man'aj-er), n. 1. One who manages, 
dlfng, and hence primarily belongs to smaller concerns, on 
which one may at all times keep bis hand : as, to manage 
a house ; to manage a theater. Its essential idea is that 
of constant attention to details : as, only a combination of 
great abilities with a genius for industry can manage the 
affairs of an empire. To conduct Is to lead along, hence 
to attend with personal supervision ; It implies the deter- 
mination of the main features of administration and the 
securing of thoroughness in those who carry out the com- 
mands ; it is used of both large things and small, but gen- 
erally refers to a definite task, coming to an end or Issue : 
as, to conduct a religious service, a funeral, a campaign. 
Direct allows the person directing to be at a distance or 
near ; the word suggests more authority than manage or 
conduct. See govern and rruide, . (. 
The common remark that public business is worse man- 
aged than all other business is not altogether unfounded. 
//. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 317. 
When a general undertakes to conduct a campaign, he 
will intrust the management of minor concerns to persons 
on whom he can rely ; but he will direct In person what- 
ever is likely to have any serious influence on his success. 
Crabb, Synonymes, p. 241. 
Lord marshal, command our officers at arms, 
Be ready to direct these home-alarms. 
SAo*.,Rlch.II.,i 1. 206. 
II. iii trans. To direct or conduct affairs ; reg- 
ulate or carry on any business. 
Leave them to manage for thee. and to grant 
What their unerring wisdom sees thee want. 
Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, x. 536. 
" Mamma managed badly " was her way of summing up 
what she had seen of her mother's experience (in matri- 
mony}: she herself would manage quite differently. 
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xxvl. 
manageability (man*aj-a-biri-ti), . [< man- 
iiai-tihlc + -iti/.} The quality of being manage- 
able; manageableness. 
directs, or controls: as. a good manager of 
horses, or of business. 2. One charged with 
the management, direction, or control of an 
affair, undertaking, or business; a director or 
conductor : as, the manager of a theater or of an 
enterprise; a railroad manager. 3. An adept 
in the art of managing, directing, or control- 
ling; one expert in contriving or planning. 
An artful manager, that crept between 
His friend and shame. 
Pope, EpH. to Satires, I. 21. 
A man of business In good company, who gives an ac- 
count of his abilities and despatches, Is hardly more In- 
supportable than her they call a notable woman, and a 
manager. Steele, Tatler, No. 248. 
4. In chancery practice, a receiver authorized 
not merely to collect and apply assets, but also 
to carry on or superintend a trade or business : 
often called receirerand manager. =^yu. 1 and 2. 
Superintendent, overseer, supervisor, 
manageress (man'aj-er-es), . [< manager + 
-ess.] A female manager. [Rare.] 
She is housekeeper, pantry-maid, and cook, . . . servant 
and managereainone. Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLIII. 714. 
managerial (man-a-je'ri-al), a. [Irreg. < man- 
ager + -in/, after the appar. analogy of minis- 
terial, etc.] Of or pertaining to a manager 
or managers, or to management; characteris- 
tic of a manager: used chiefly of theatrical 
managers. 
At that period of the day. in warm weather, she [Mrs. 
Sparsit] usually embellished with her genteel presence a 
managerial board-room over the public office. 
Dtdrent, Hard Times, IL 1. 
