mannerist 
mannerist (man'er-ist), . [< a/ri + -int.] 
One who is addicted to niaunerism. 
He I Hayman I sometimes succeeded well, though a strong 
nuMWffw anil rii^ily ilistiiiKiii*hable by the large noses 
and BlmaiblniK IIKS of his figures. 
Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting, IV. lit 
The school which Pope founded had degenerated Into a 
mob of iiiuniu'rintH who wrote with ease. 
LoaeU, Study Windows, p. 407. 
mannerless (mau'er-les), a. [Early mod. E. 
miinerli* ; < manner! + -less.'] Deficient in man- 
ners; ill-behaved. 
Vour modeling mastres In maiieries. 
SMlun, 1'liilip Sparow. 
mannerliness (man'er-li-nes), . The quality 
of being mannerly, or civil and respectful in 
behavior; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale, 
Orig. of Mankind, p. 34. 
mannerly (mau'er-li), . [< ME. manerly (in 
adv.) (= D. manierlijk = Q. manierlich = Sw. 
maneriig = Dan. maneerlig); < manner*- + -It/ 1 ."] 
Showing good manners; well-behaved; civil; 
respectful; complaisant; not rude or vulgar. 
What thou thlnkest meet and is most mannerly. 
Shak., T. G. of V., it 7. 68. 
Within four days I am gone, so he commands me, 
And 'tis not mannerly for me to argue it. 
Fletcher, Kule a Wife, iv. 3. 
= Syn. Courteous, polite, gentlemanly, 
mannerly (mau'er-li), adv. [< ME. manerly; 
< manner 1 + -'.V 2 -] With good manners or ci- 
vility; respectfully; without rudeness. 
Thanne sernyd he the queue att euery mele, 
Bothe att hir mete and soper decently, 
The which.- he dede full wele and manerly. 
Qenertjdes (V.. E. T. S.), 1. MS. 
We'll mannerly demand thee of thy story. 
Skat., Cymbeline, ili. 6. 92. 
manners-bit (man'erz-bit), n. A small part of 
the contents of a dish which well-mannered 
guests leave, in order that the host or hostess 
may not feel suspected of having made inade- 
quate provision. [Local.] 
manneryt, . See manory. 
mannett, . [< man + dim. -et.'] A little man; 
a manikin. 
Jer. What is her squire ' 
Bar. A toy, that she allows eightpence a day, 
A slight niiiiiiii-t. to port her up and down. 
B. Jonton, New Inn, iv. 1. 
Mannheim gold. See gold. 
Manuian (man'i-an), o. and n. (X Man (see def., 
and etym. of Manx) + -ia.] I. a. Pertaining 
to the Isle of Man, an island belonging to the 
British empire, lying between England and Ire- 
land; Manx. 
II. n. An inhabitant of the Isle of Man; a 
Manx man or woman. 
The Sunne was no sooner rp but the Mannians arranged 
theraselues, and witli great furie set vpon Godred. 
lln'iiiifii.: Voyages, p. 10. 
[Rare or obsolete in both uses.] 
Manniferae (ma-nif'e-re), n. pi. [NL., fern. pi. 
of mannifcr: see manniferous.] A Linnean 
group of hemipterous insects, corresponding to 
the modern family Cicadidas. 
manniferous (ma-nif 'e-rus), n. [< NL. man- 
nifcr, < L. (LL.) manna, manna, + ferre = E. 
Scar 1 .] 1. Bearing or producing manna, as a 
tree. 2. Causing the production of manna, as 
an insect; of or pertaining to the Manniferce. 
mannikin, . See manikin. 
manningt (man'ing), n. [< man + -4nai.~] 1. A 
man's work for a day. 2. The operation of 
training animals or birds by accustoming them 
to strangers. 
Ilawkes that waie haggard by manniiu/ are to be cast 
off. l.filii, Euphues and his England, p. 372. 
manninose, See maninoxe. 
mannish (man'ish), a. [< ME. mannisshe, mtui- 
ii ynli, for earlier "mcnnish, < AS. mennisc,ot man, 
human (as a noun, ME. mannish, mennisch = 
G. meuscli, etc., man); with reg. mutation of 
the vowel a, < maim, man, + -isc, E. -ish 1 . Cf. 
mensk, mense.] If. Of the human species; of 
the nature of man ; human in kind. 
But yet It was a figure 
Most liche to mannisshe creature. 
Qower, Conf. Amant., vi. 
2f. Characteristic of man; natural to the hu- 
man species ; human in quality. 
To do synne is mannysh- Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus. 
3. Characteristic of or resembling the males 
of the human kind; hence, as applied to a wo- 
man, masculine ; unwomanly. 
Alle her lyines so wel answerynge 
Weren to womanhode, that creature 
Nas never lesse mannyfih in semynpe. 
Chaucer, Troilus, i. 2S4. 
3615 
A woman Impudent and inannixh grown 
Is not more loathed than un effeminate man. 
Shale., T. and ('., iii. 8. 217. 
4. Simulating manhood ; having the air or ap- 
pearance of manliness; characteristic of the 
mature ago of manhood. 
Well have a swashing and a martial outside. 
As many other mannish cowards have. 
Shot., As yon Like it, L 8. 123. 
And let us. Polydore, though now our voices 
Have got the mannish crack, sing him to the ground. 
Shale., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 286. 
Boys, thinking it mannish, sometimes use oaths to show 
off their smartness. Ouic, Primer of Politeness, p. 57. 
6f. Fond of men; addicted to the society of 
men. 
A ehidestere or waatour of thy good. 
Or riche or poore, or elles mannmh wood. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, L 292. 
= 8yn. Male, Manly, etc. Hee masculine. 
mannishly (man'ish-li), adv. In a mannish 
manner; Doldly. 
mannishness (man'ish-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being mannish, (o) Manhood ; manli- 
ness. (6) Masculiueness; boldness. 
The painted faces and mannishness and monstrous dis- 
gulsedness of one sex. lip. Hall, Impress of God. 
mannite (man 'it), " [<nna + -i'te 2 .] A neu- 
tral substance (C^HjiOg) found in a number 
of plants, chiefly in the larch and manna-ash 
(Fraxinus Ornus), and also formed by the mu- 
cous fermentation of sugars, it is a white, odorless, 
crystalline substance, having a sweet taste, readily solu- 
ble In water, and optically inactive. Also called mannitol 
and mannitose, and regarded as a hexatomic alcohol. 
mannitic (ma-nit 'ik), a. [< mannite + -ic.] 
Containing or related to mannite Mannitic 
fermentation, a fermentation by which glucose or altered 
cane-sugar is resolved into gum, mannite, and carbonic 
acid. It is not uncommon in certain saccharine liquids, 
and in wines produces the defect called ropiness. hncyc. 
Brit., IK. 96. 
mannitol (man'i-tol), n. [< mannite + (alcoh)ol.~\ 
Same as mannite. 
mannitose (man'i-tos), n. Same as mannite. 
mannynose, n. See maninose. 
manoeuver, manoeuvre (ma-nft'ver or ma-nu'- 
ver), . [Also maneuver, maneuvre; < F. ma- 
noeuvre, OF. manouvre, manovre = Sp. maniobra = 
Pg manobra=\\,.manovra,<.tS.'L.manuopera,ma- 
nopera, a working with the hand, < L. matts(abl. 
manu), the hand, + opera, work: see main 3 anil 
opera, and ure, and cf. manure and mainor, of 
the same ult. origin.] 1. A planned and regu- 
lated movement, particularly of troops or war- 
vessels ; any strategic evolution, movement, or 
change of position among companies, battal- 
ions, regiments, or of a ship or ships, etc. 
2. Management with address or artful design ; 
an adroit move or procedure ; intrigue ; strata- 
gem. 
To make them the principal, not the secondary theatre 
of their manoeuvres for securing a determined majority in 
Parliament. Burke, Duration of Parliament. 
3. An affected trick of manner to attract notice : 
as, he is full of maneuvers Hanoeuver line. See 
lines of operation, under line?. Mechanical manceu- 
vers. See mechanical. = &yn. Trick, Stratagem, etc. See 
artifice. 
manoeuver, manoeuvre (ma-no'ver or ma-nu'- 
ver), t>. ; pret. and pp. maneuvered, maturuvred, 
ppr. mana-tircrliii/, manatuvring. fAlso maneu- 
ver, maneuvre; < F. manceuvrer, OF. manouvrer, 
manovrer = Sp. maniobrar = Pg. manobrar = It. 
manovrare, manoauver; from the noun.] I. tn- 
t ni us. 1. To perform maneuvers; move or 
change positions among troops or ships for the 
Surpose of advantageous attack or defense, or 
i military exercise for the purpose of disci- 
pline. 2. To manage with address or art ; em- 
ploy intrigue or stratagem to effect a purpose. 
I never, by any manoeuvring, could get him to take the 
spiritual view of things. Thoreau, Walden, p. 162. 
II. trnns. 1. To change the position of, as 
troops or ships ; cause to perform strategic evo- 
lutions. 
Sir Geo. Rodney . . . now manoeuvred the fleet with 
such skill as to gain the windward of the enemy during 
the night, and antirely to preclude their retreat. 
Hi In Im HI. Hist. Great Britain, April S, 1782. 
2. To affect in some specified way by a ma- 
neuver or by manoeuvers. 
Instead of seizing his opportunity to win a great battle 
or to capture an army by siege, he had simply manoeuvred 
the enemy out of position. The Century, XXXVI. 673. 
3. To manipulate. [Bare.] 
The usual trick consisted in the power to see a great 
deal through a very small opening in the skilfully ma- 
noeuvred bandage. Harper's Mag., I.XXIX. 79. 
manoeuverer, mameuvrer (ma-n8'ver-er or 
ma-nu'ver-er), n. 1. One who maneuvers; 
manometric 
one who engages in or relies upon strategic 
management or intrigue. 
This charming widow Beaumont Is a manaeuvrer. 
Miss Bdgeuxirth, Manoeuvring, I. 
2. A form of rudder. See the quotation. 
Different forms of simple, balanced, and divided rud 
ders were then described, including Thorneycroft's dou- 
ble rudders, Thomson's stern-way manoeueerrr, White's 
turnabout system. The Engineer, I.X VII. 214. 
Also maneuverer, maneuvrer. 
man-of-the-earth (man'ov-the-erth'), n. The 
wild potato-vine, Ipanuea pandurata, so called 
from the great size sometimes attained by the 
root. 
man-of-war (man'ov-war'), [< ME. man of 
vcr re: see under man.n. Cf. war-man.] 1. An 
armed ship ; a publicly recognized vessel fitted 
for engaging in battle ; a ship of war. 
And leave you not a man-of-war nnsearch'd : 
This wicked emperor may have shlpp'd her hence. 
Shak., Tit. And., iv. 8. 22. 
2. In coal-mining, one of the small pillars left to 
support the roof of the chambers (or sides of work, 
as tlbey are called locally) in working the " ten- 
yard coal" in Staffordshire, England Man- 
of-war bird, (a) The frigate-bird or frigate-pelican, 
Tachypetfs aqutfa or Fregata aquila : so called from its 
formidable swoop and grasp of its prey. See cut under 
frigate-bird, (b) One of the jagers or skuas : a wrong use. 
Man-of-war fashion, a neat, orderly, and seaman- 
like manner, indicative o? good discipline. Portuguese 
man-of-war, a popular name of an oceanic siphonopho- 
rous hydrozoaii of the genus PhytaKa. 
man-of-war 's-man (man'ov-warz'-man), w. An 
enlisted man belonging to a man-of-war, 
manometer (ma-nom'e-ter), n. [= F. mono- 
metre = Sp. manometro, < Qr. pavos, rare, not 
dense, thin, loose, slack, few, scanty, + utrptiv, 
a measure.] An instrument for determining 
and indicating the elastic pressure of gases or 
vapors. It measures the weight of a column of liquid 
or the tension of a spring that exactly balances the elastic 
pressure of the gas on a unit of area ; and, since the rela- 
tive density of a gas is proportional to its elastic pressure, 
the measurement of the latter determines also the former. 
Manometers which measure elastic gaseou s pressure by the 
tension of a spring are used for 
steam-gages. In some forms 
the pressure of the gas is on a 
piston or diaphragm connect- 
ed with a counterbalancing 
spring. In others the initial 
pressure Is received on a small 
primary piston, or diaphragm, 
and transmitted by a fluid 
mass acting upon a secondary 
and much larger piston or dia- 
phragm upon which the pres- 
sure per unit of area la reduced 
inversely as the area of the 
smaller piston is to that of 
the larger. Of this kind is 
Shaw's gage for measuring 
very high pressures. In the 
Bourdon steam-gage a curved 
tubular spring la used, having 
its interior connected by a 
tube with the Interior of the 
tank, boiler, cylinder, or gas- 
holder containing the vapor 
or gas to be tested. In all of 
these forms the parts moved 
under varying pressure are 
connected with an indicator, 
and the pressure is read on a 
graduated dial-plate. In the 
open-air manometer the elas- 
tic pressure of a gas is indi- 
cated by the height of a col- 
umn of liquid, usually mercury or water, which it will 
support I n Its simplest form an S-shaped glass tube, open 
at the upper end, is employed, as shown in the cut. In the 
compressed-air manometer the tube containing the liquid 
is closed at the top, and hence the varying elastic pressure 
of the confined air is added to the weight of the liquid 
column in balancing the gaseous pressure to be measured. 
Thestatical manometer of Boyle has a thin glass bulb coun- 
terpoised on a pair of delicate scales, the specific gravity 
of the bulb and its confined air varying with both pressure 
and temperature of the surrounding air. The manometer 
of Ramsden is essentially a compressed-air manometer 
combined with a scale which indicates temperatures while 
determining atmospheric density. The ordinary gas-gage 
is a simple open-air manometer. 
manometric (man-o-met'rik), a. [= F. mann- 
mi'trlque; as manometer + -ic.~] Pertaining to 
the manometer; made with the manometer: as, 
i/iiinometric observations. Manometric capsule. 
See manometric flames. Manometric flames of Kb- 
nlg (see flgnres\ 
an appearance 
produced by the 
reflection in a ro- 
tating mirror of a 
gas-flame which is 
made to pulsate by 
the action of so- 
norous waves. The 
sound is conduct- 
ed by a tube to one 
side of a small 
metal capsule 
(manometric capmde\ and causes the vibration of a divid- 
ing membrane the other side of which is connected with 
Open-air Manometer. 
a, brass coupling-tube ; *', 
glass tube of which part b' is 
graduated ; c c' , liquid column. 
Pressure transmitted through a 
depresses thr part f of the liquid 
column and raises the part c'. 
Manometric Flames. 
