managerial 
Stanley . . . had looked forward, he said, not only to the 
renewal of managerial responsibility and importance, but 
to donning again the sock and buskin. 
J. Je/erson, The Century, XXXIX. 187. 
managership (man'aj-er-ship), . [< manager 
+ -ship."} The office of manager; management. 
manageryt (man'aj-ri), . [< manage + -ry.~\ 
Management; the act of managing, in any 
sense. 
Show thy art in honesty, and lose not thy virtue by the 
bad managery of it. Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., i. 4. 
[An] expert general will . . . teach them the ready man- 
ager*/ of their weapons. Decay of Christ. Piety. 
managing 1 (man'aj-ing), n. [Verbal n. of man- 
age, v.] Management; control; direction. 
Whose state so many had the managing 
That they lost France, and made his England bleed. 
Shale., Sea. V., T. 2,Epil. 
managing 2 (man'aj-ing), p. a. [Ppr. of manage, 
i'.] 1. Haying or responsible for the manage- 
ment or direction of some work; having ex- 
ecutive control or authority: as, a managing 
clerk ; a managing editor. 
The general conditions were, two hundred pounds a year 
to each managing actor, and a clear benefit. 
Infe of Quin (reprint 1887), p. 30. 
2. Characterized by careful or judicious man- 
agement; hence, frugal ; economical; artful in 
contrivance; scheming: as, she is a managing 
woman ; a managing mama. 
Vir Frugi signified atone and the same time a sober and 
managing man, an honest man, and a man of substance. 
Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 6. 
manakin, n. and a. See manikin. 
man-ape (man'ap), n. 1. An anthropoid ape ; 
a simian, such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, 
orang-utan, and gibbon. 2. A supposed an- 
cestor of the human race, advanced a step in 
intelligence beyond the ape ; an ape-man. See 
Alalus. 
To these species [found in the Tertiary], the ancestral 
forms o( historic man, M. de Mortillet would give the 
name of anthropopithecus, or man-ape. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXVIII. 672. 
manatt, " [< F. manat: see manatee.] Same 
as manatee. 
man-at-arms (man'at-armz), n. A soldier, 
especially in the middle ages, fully armed and 
equipped ; a heavy-armed soldier. 
A gallant man-at-arms is here, a doctor 
In feats of chivalry, blunt and rough-spoken. 
Ford, Broken Heart, iv. 1. 
manatee (man-a-te'), n. [Also maniti, manitin 
(and lamantin); = F. manate, manat (Cotgrave) 
(and lamantin), NL. manatus; < Sp. manati, of 
Haytian (W. Ind.) manati, said to mean 'big 
beaver.'] A sea-cow; a gregarious herbivorous 
aquatic sirenian mammal, of the genus Manatus, 
family Manatidie, and order Sirenia. The Ameri- 
can manatee, to which the name was originally given, and 
to which it specially pertains, is Manatus americanus, 
australis, or latirostris, whether of one or two species. 
The manatee inhabits the shallow waters of rivers and 
estuaries on the eastern coast of tropical and subtrop- 
ical America, from Florida and some of the West India 
islands to about lat. 20 S. It is a sluggish, timid, and in- 
offensive animal, found in small herds, feeding on aquatic 
vegetation, and attaining sometimes a length of 8 or 10 
feet. In general aspect the manatee resembles a small 
whale or other cetacean, but it belongs to a different order, 
though it was formerly considered a herbivorous ceta- 
cean. The body is naked and stout, shaped like that of a 
fish, without trace of hind limbs, ending in an expansive 
shovel- or spoon-shaped tail ; the fore limbs are nippers or 
paddles without outward distinction of digits, but with 
flattened nails ; theeyes and ears are small; and the whole 
physiognomy is peculiar, owing to the tumidity and great 
mobility of the muzzle. There is an entirely distinct spe- 
cies, Manatus senegaleneis, found on the eastern coast of 
Africa, to which the name extends. 
Manatidae (ma-nat'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Ma- 
natus + -idee.] A family of sirenians, typified 
by the genus Manatus. Formerly coextensive with 
the order Sirenia, it is now restricted, by the exclusion 
of Halicore, Rhytina, Halitherium, and other genera, to 
forms having the tail entire and rounded, the last five or 
more vertebrae cylindrical and devoid of transverse pro- 
cesses, and the premaxillary bones short and straight ; the 
sea-cows. Sometimes called Trichechidos, a name more 
frequently applied to walruses. See manatee, Manatus, 
and Sirenia. Also Manatida, Manatina. 
manatin (man'a-tin), . Same as manatee. 
manatine (man'a-tin), a. [< Manatus + -twe 1 .] 
Resembling or related to a manatee; of or 
pertaining to the Manatida; manatoid. 
manationt (ma-na'shon), n. [= Pg. manafSo, 
< L. manatio(n-), < manare, flow, run, trickle. 
Hence ult. emanate.] The act of issuing or 
flowing out ; flux ; flow. [Bare.] 
manatoid (man'a-toid), a, and . [< Manatw 
+ -aid.] I, a. Resembling the manatee; of 
or pertaining to the Manatoidea. 
II. n. One of the Manatoidea. 
Manatoidea (man-a-toi'de-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
Manatus + -oidea.] The Manatidce as a super- 
3604 
family of Sirenia. Also called Trichfchoidea. 
Gill. 
Manatus (man'a-tus), n. [NL. (Rondani, 1554) : 
see manatee.] The typical genus of Manatidw, 
now containing only the manatees. The genus 
contains two intertropical fluviatile species, the American 
M. awtralii and the African 31. senegalensis ; from the 
former the Floridian manatee is sometimes distinguished 
as a third, M. americanus. 
manavel (ma-nav'el), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
muiMvehd or manavelled, ppr. manaveling or 
nuinuvelling. [Also manarrel; origin obscure. 
Cf. manavelins.] Naut., to pilfer, as small 
stores or eatables. Admiral Smyth. [Slang.] 
manavelins (ma-nav'e-linz), n. pi. [Also ma- 
narvelins; for manave'tings, pi. of verbal n. of 
manavel.] Naut., extra supplies or perquisites; 
also, odds and ends of food; scraps. 
To the above-mentioned fare should be added, when 
they can be had, the manavolins of the whalemen that 
is, fresh meat, vegetables, milk, butter, eggs, and fruits, 
which may be obtained when the vessel touches upon a 
foreign shore. Fisheries of U. S., V. 11 228. 
manbotet (man'bot), n. [< man + bote 1 .] In 
old law, a compensation or recompense, made 
in money, for the killing of a man : usually due 
to the lord of the slain person. 
man-bound (man'bound), a. Naut., detained 
in port for want of men, or a proper comple- 
ment of hands, as a ship. 
mancando (man-kan'do). [It., ppr. of mancare, 
want, decrease.] In music, nearly the same as 
calando. 
man-car (man'kar), n. A kind of car used for 
transporting miners up and down the steeply 
inclined shafts of some mines on Lake Supe- 
rior. Compare man-engine. 
man-caset (man'kas), n. Body; outer man; 
physique. [Rare.] 
He [Edward II.] had a handsome more-cose. 
Flitter, Ch. Hist., III. vii. 13. 
Mance's method. See method. 
manche 1 t, manch 1 t, v. t. Variants of maunch 1 , 
for munch. 
manche'-', manch- (manch), n. [Also maunch; < 
ME. manche (?), maunche (?), < OF. manche, F. 
manche, a sleeve.also a handle, haft, neck (of 
a violin, etc.), =Pr. mangua, mancha = Sp. Pg. 
manga = It. manica, a sleeve, = Ir. manic =W. 
maneg, a glove, < L. manicte, a handcuff, also 
a sleeve, < manus, hand: see main 3 , manacle.] 
If. A sleeve: used at different periods for 
sleeves of peculiar fashion. 
Tunics richly 
adorned, made to 
fit closely about the 
figure, but withlong 
and loosely flow- 
ing skirts, and hav- 
ing the "maunche" 
sleeves. 
Encyc. Brit., VI. 
[465. 
2. In her., the 
representation 
of a sleeve used 
as a bearing. 
The sleeve so represented is generally the fourteenth cen- 
tury sleeve with a long hanging end. Also emanche, man- 
cheron. 
A rowle of parchment Clunn about him beares, 
Charged with the armes of all his ancestors ; . . . 
This manch, that moone, this martlet, and that mound. 
Herriek, Upon Clunn. 
3. The neck of a violin, guitar, or similar in- 
strument. 
Manchester brown. See brown. 
manchet (man'chet), n. and a. [Also mainchet; 
origin obscure. Cf. cheat-bread.] I. . 1. A 
small loaf or roll of the finest white bread; 
bread made from the finest and whitest wheaten 
flour. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
Little pretty thin manchete that shine through, and seem 
more like to be made of paper, or fine parchment, than of 
wheat flour. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850X p. 179. 
Of bread made of wheat we have sundrie sorts dallie 
brought to the table, whereof the first and most excellent 
is the mainchet, which we commonlie call white bread. 
Holinshed, Descrip. of Eng., ii. 8. 
Take cleere water for strong wine, browne breade for 
fine manchet. Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 118. 
2. In her., the representation of a round cake, 
as of bread, resembling a muffin. 
II. a. Used in making manchetg (said of 
flour); also, made of the finest flour. [Obso- 
lete or archaic.] 
And Salamons fode was in one day thyrtie quarters of 
manchet floure, and thre score quarters of mele. 
Bible of 1551, 3 Ki. [1 Ki.] iv. 22. 
Died them red wine and manchet cake, 
And all for the Gipsy laddie 0. 
Johnnie Faa (Child's Ballads, IV. 284). 
Manchineel (Hipfiomata Ma 
cintlla). 
Fig. I 
Fig. i. Manche as a heraldic bearing. 
Fig. a. Sleeve of the time of Henry HI. .from 
which the heraldic manche is copied. 
mancipation 
And Enid brought sweet cakes to make them cheer, 
And, in her veil enfolded, manchet bread. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
manchette (F. pron. mon-shet'), M. [F. : dim. 
of manche, sleeve : see manche^.] A word used 
in English at different periods for various orna- 
mental styles of cuff. 
man-child (man'ehlld), . ; pi. men-children 
(men'chil"dren). A male child. 
Bring forth men-children only, 
For thy undaunted mettle should compose 
Nothing but males. Shak., Macbeth, i. 7. 72. 
manchineel (man-chi-nel'), n. [< F. mancenille, 
mamanille = It. mancinello (NL. mancinella), < 
Sp. manzanillo, manchi- 
neel (cf. mamanilla, 
camomile), < manzana, 
an apple, prob. < L. Ma- 
tiana, so. mala, a kind 
of apples, neut. pi. of 
Matianus, pertaining to 
a Matius, < Matins, the 
name of a Roman gens.] 
A tree, Hippomane Man- 
cinella, of moderate size, 
found in the West In- 
dies, Central America, 
and Florida. It abounds 
in a white, milky, very caus- 
tic, poisonous sap, the viru- 
lence of which has been ex- 
aggerated. It appears to be 
especially deleterious to the 
eyes. Bastard manchi- 
neel, a West Indian apocyna- 
ceous tree, Cameraria latifolia, somewhat resembling the 
manchineel. Mountain manchlueel. Same as bum- 
wood. See Rhus, sttmac, and hog-plum. 
manch-presentt, n. See maunch-present. 
Manchu 1 , Manchoo (man-cho' ), n. and a. [Also 
Manchow, Mantchoo (Chin. Manchu), < Manchu 
Manchu, lit. 'pure,' applied by the founder of 
the Manchu dynasty to his family or the people 
over whom he ruled.] I. n. 1. One of a race, 
belonging to the Tungusic branch of the Ural- 
Altaic family, from which Manchuria takes its 
name, and which conquered China in the seven- 
teenth century. 2. The native language of 
Manchuria. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to the Manchus, their 
country (Manchuria), or their language. 
manchu'-' (man-ch6'), n. [Also manchua, < Pg. 
manchua; < Malayalam manchu.] An East In- 
dian cargo-boat, ordinarily with a single mast 
and a square sail, much used on the Malabar 
coast. 
Manchurian, Manchoorian (man-cho'ri-an), 
a. [< Manchuria (see def.) + -an.] Of or per- 
taining to Manchuria, a large territory forming 
part of the Chinese empire, and the original 
home of the Tatar dynasty now ruling in China. 
It lies east of Mongolia, and north of Corea. 
Manchurian deer. See deer. 
mancipable (man'si-pa-bl), a. [< mancip(ate) 
+ -able.] Capable of being alienated by for- 
mal sale and transfer. [Rare.] 
The origin of the distinction between mancipable and 
non-mancipable things, and of the formal conveyance by 
mancipation applicable to the first, has been explained in 
connection with the reforms of Servius Tullius. 
Encyc. Brit., XX. 689. 
mancipatet (man'si-pat), r. t. [< L. mancipa- 
tus, pp. of mancipare, mancupare (> It. manci- 
pare, manceppare = Sp. mancipar), deliver up, 
as property, by means of the formal act of pur- 
chase (mancipium), transfer, alienate, < man- 
ceps (mancip-), a purchaser, < manus, hand, + 
capere, take: see captive. Cf. emancipate.] 1. 
To sell and make over to another. 2. To en- 
slave; bind; restrict. 
Only man was made capable of a spiritual sovereignty, 
and only man hath enthralled and mancipated himself 
to a spiritual slavery. Donne, Sermons, six. 
3. To emancipate. 
Such a dispensation [the Jewish] is a pupillage, and a 
slavery, which he [man] earnestly must desire to be re- 
deemed and mancipated from. Harrow, Works, II. xv. 
mancipatet (man'si-pat), a. [< L. mancipatiis : 
see mancipate, v.] Enslaved. 
Though they were partly free, yet in some poynt re- 
mayned styll as thrall and mancipate to the subjection of 
the English men. Holinshed, vol. i., m8, col. 1. (Hares.) 
mancipation (man-si-pa'shon), n. [= F. man- 
cipation, < L. mancipatio(n-). a delivery, trans- 
fer of a thing to a person as property, < man- 
cipare, deliver: see mancipate. Cf. emancipa- 
tion.] 1. In Bom. antiq., a legal formality 
for acquiring title to property, whether by ac- 
tual or by simulated purchase. This formality 
was employed not only in the case of property which 
could change hands by actual transfer, but also with re- 
