mantled 
mantled (man'tld), />. n. (X MK. mantled; < 
niiinllt + -r-'.] Provided witli ;i mantle or a 
mantelet ; protorlrd. 
They haue a Fort very well palllsadoed and mantelled 
with barkus of trees. Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 120. 
Thuy liullt two houses for them he daily expected from 
Midland, a fjiiru Wi-11 of fresh water mantled with hricke. 
c.irnii .,: in Capt. John Smith't Works, II. 84. 
mantlepiece, n. Boo numUlpleee, 
mantler (mant'ler), n. One who wears or is 
dressed in a mantle ; one whose only clothing 
is a mantle. 
In Antwerp they pictured the Queen of Bohemia like a 
poor Irish mantler, with her hair hanging about her ears 
and her child at her back. 
A. Wilson, Hist. Great Britain (1656). 
mantlet, . See mantelet. 
mantletree, See manteltree. 
mantling (mant'ling), n. [Verbal n. of man- 
III; r.] 1. A kind of cloth suitable for making 
mantles or the like. 2. In the manufacture of 
alum from aluminous shales or alum ores, a 
layer of calcined shale spread over a partly 
or completely calcined heap of the same ma- 
terial, to moderate the heat, prevent loss of 
sulphur, and protect the mass from the detri- 
mental effects of wind and rain during the cal- 
cination and cooling. 3. In her. : (a) The dra- 
pery which is often used as a background to a 
shield, crest, etc., originally perhaps the man- 
telet of the helmet or cpintoise. (6) A mantelet, 
lambrequin, or cointoise. Also mantle. 
mantoH, . An obsolete spelling of manteau. 
manto- (man'to), n. [8p., a mantle or cover- 
ing: gee mantle.'] In mining, a stratum or bed, 
especially one which covers some valuable ore, 
or has some peculiarity of importance from a 
mining point of view. It is usually qualified by some 
other word, as manto de ossa (the bone-layer), a stratum of 
cavernous limestone in the minim; region of Chafiarcillo 
in Chill. The use of the word is limited to South America, 
and especially Chili. In the gold placer-mines of that 
country the manto is the "pay-streak" of gravel, or that 
part of the gravel which contains the gold in paying quan- 
tity. The barren gravels are called manturroneg. The word 
manto is occasionally used by those writing on the mines 
of South America in languages other than Spanish. 
manto-gownt (man'to-goun), n. Same as man- 
teau or mantua-gown. 
mantologistOuan-tol'o-jist), n. [< mantolog-y 
+ -ts<.] One skilled 'in mantology or divina- 
tion; a diviner; a prophet. [Kare.] 
mantology (man-tol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. /Mvrtt, a 
diviner (/lavreia, divination), + -Aoyta, < Myetv, 
speak: see -ology.] The act or art of divina- 
tion or prophesying. [Kare.] 
mantont, mantoont, n. [< Sp. manton, a shawl, 
< mantti, a cloak : see mantle.] A shawl or wrap. 
I do hear there are bawds abroad, 
That bring cut- works, and mantooni, and convey letters 
To such young gentlewomen. 
Webster, Devil's Law-Case, i. 2. 
mantra (man'tni), . [Skt., thought, a hymn 
or text of the Vedas, a spell, a charm, < / man, 
think: see mind 1 .'] 1. A Vedic hymn of praise 
and prayer; collectively, the matter of the San- 
hita or first division of the Veda, as distin- 
guished from the liturgical matter, called the 
brahmana. 2. A sacred text used as a charm 
or incantation by Brahmans and Yogis. 
He (the Brahman ) may play the mountebank or the con- 
jurer, and with a stock of mantra* and charms proceed to 
the curing of murrain in cattle, pip in chickens, and short- 
windedness in old women. 
J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 375. 
man-trap (man 'trap), n. 1. A spring-trap 
or other engine for catching trespassers and 
marauders. Its use has been made unlawful in Great 
Britain except when set in a dwelling-house between sun- 
set and sunrise. 
2. Anything, such as an open hatchway on 
shipboard, or an insecure building, ladder, etc., 
likely to become the cause of injury or death 
to the unwary. [Colloq.] 
mantua (man'tu-S), n. [A corruption of man- 
teau, formerly also manto, niantoe, and in the 
17th century also prob. (as the Sc. form 
ma nty indicates) ]>ron. "mantiie (man'tu) (cf. 
beauty, pron.bu'ti), whence, appar. by associa- 
tion with Mantua, a town in Italy, the form 
mantua. There was no actual connection with 
Mantua; and the supposed analogy of milliiirr, 
ult. < Milan, is fallacious.] If. A manteau; 
specifically, a woman's gown, especially one 
open in front, showing the petticoat and the 
lining of the mantua itself. 
i 'ondescendlng (tho' she is of n great House in France) 
to make Mantua'n for the Improvement of the English. 
Steeie, Grief A-la-Mode, lii. 1. 
A new uiniitiia of genuine French silk. Scott. 
3619 
Ribbons, manliau, clocked stockings, and high-heeled 
shoe*. Tliaclceran, Virginians, xxxll. 
2. A loose cloak worn by women about 1850. 
mantua-gownt (nmn'tu-a-goun), n. A loose 
outer garment worn by women. E. Phillips. 
mantua-maker (man'tu-ft-ma'ker), n. One 
who makes women's gowns; a dressmaker. 
By profession a mantua-matcr ; I am employed by the 
most fashionable ladies. Addiion, Guardian, No. 118. 
manucaptor 
See keyl, 4 (6), and kri/b<ir<l. (It) In organ*, a 
keyboard for the hands: opposed to /</.// M, 
an organ with two manuals. Abbreviated M. 
4. A fire-engine worked by hand, as distin- 
guished from the more modern steam fire-en- 
gine. See fire-Kii// mi . 
manualist (man'u-al-ist), n. [< manual + -int."] 
An artificer; a workman, ifinsheu. [Rare.] 
manualiter (man-u-al'i-ter), adr. [NL., < L. 
iiiannali.i, manual: seemanuat.] Withthemanu- 
als, and without the pedals: a direction in or- 
gan-playing. 
Mantua-maker's hem, a manner of uniting two pieces 
of material expeditiously, used by dressmakers, etc. The 
ri<lk r e of the seam is left standing, not sewed down flat to 
the stuff. - 
Mantuan (man'tu-an), a. and n. [< L. Man- manual-key (man u-al-ke), . In an organ. 
lna nits, of Mantua, '< Mantua (see def.).]" I. a. . ne of the "5 e y 8 m a . manual, in eqntradigtmc- 
Belonging or pertaining to the town of Mantua, 
or to the province or former duchy of Mantua, 
in northern Italy : frequently with reference to 
Virgil (born near Mantua) or his works. 
And let your comment be the Mantuan Muse. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. i-_".i. 
Ages elaps'd ere Homer's lamp appear'd. 
And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard. 
Cmrper, Table-Talk, L 56". 
II. a. A native or an inhabitant of Mantua, 
manty (man'ti), n. ; pi. manties (-tiz). A Scotch 
form of I/KI n 'mi or manteau. 
My cousin's silk manty, and her gowd watch. 
Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian. 
Manu (man '8), n. [Skt., man, the supposed 
father of mankind: see man, .] In Hindu 
myth. : (a) A legendary being, son of Vivasvant 
(the sun), and progenitor of the human race, 
to whom is later ascribed the noted legal text- 
book called the Laws of Manu, or the Manava- 
dharma-qastra. (b) Later, also, one of a series 
of fourteen patriarchs or progenitors, presiding 
over successive periods or divisions of time, 
called manvantaras, each of 308,448,000 years. 
manual (man'u-al), a. and n. [Formerly also 
manuel; ME. manuel (n. ),< OF. manuel, F. manti- 
el = Sp. Pg. manual = It. manuale; < L. manua- 
lis, of or belonging to the hand; neut. manuale, 
the case or covering of a book, ML. a hand- 
book, service-book, etc., < mamis, the hand: see 
main*.] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the hand; 
performed, made, or used by the hand; employ- 
ing the hands : as, manual dexterity or skifl ; 
manual labor; a manual operation; the manual 
arts. 
I find some collections made of agriculture, and like- 
wise of manual arts. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, li. 128. 
Train'd to the manual flght, and bruiseful toil. 
P. Whitehead, The Gymnasiad, i. 
2. Having hands. [Rare.] 
Persons deprived of hands beget manual issues. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vll. 2. 
3. In zool., of or pertaining to the manus or 
hand: distinguished from pedal: as, manual 
muscles, those which lie wholly in the hand. 
Manual acts (eccles.), the acts performed by the priest 
In consecrating the eucharist, such as the fraction or break- 
ing of the bread, making the sign of the cross, laying his 
hand on the paten, etc. Manual alphabet, the letters 
made with the Bngers and hand, used by the deaf and dumb 
in conversation. !&ee deaf-mute. Manual benefice. See 
benefice, 2. Manual coverts. See cnrert, & Manual 
exercise, In the military art, the exercise of handling the 
rifle and other arms with precision according to prescribed 
method : as, the sergeant drilled his squad In manual exer- 
cite. Manual keyboard. See II., 3 (6). Manual seal, 
a signet used for impressing a seal by hand. 
There is my gage, that manual seal of death, 
That marks thee out for hell. 
Shalt., Rich. II., iv. 1. 26. 
Sign manual [< OF. wing manuel], an autograph signa- 
ture; especially, a signature to an official document exe- 
cuted by the hand of a sovereign or magistrate. 
The treasurer obliged himself to procure some decla- 
ration under his majesty's sign manual. 
Clarendon, Civil Wars. 
H. n. I. A small book, such as may be car- 
ried in the hand or conveniently handled ; espe- 
cially, a book of convenient size containing the 
elements of a science, a collection of rules, or the 
like, designed for use as a text-book or as a 
reference-book: as, a manual of laws. 2. Spe- 
cifically, an office-book of the medieval Catho- 
lic Church in England, containing the form to be 
observed by priests in the administration of the 
sacraments of communion (out of mass), bap- 
tism, penance, marriage, and extreme unction, 
and in churchings, burials, etc. It corresponds to 
the Roman Catholic office-book called the ritual. The name 
manual ( ML. mantialr) was sometimes used in France also. 
The Manual had in it all the services that a parish priest 
has to perform, with the musical notation where needed, 
and the full rubrics for the administration of the Sacra- 
ments. Rock, Church of our Fathers, III. ii. 213. 
3. In music: (n) In a musical instrument, a 
key or lever for the hands or fingers ; a digital. 
tion to a pedal-key, which is operated by the foot, 
manually (man'u-al-i),a<fr. By hand; bymeang 
of the hands, 
manuaryt (man'u-a-ri), a. and n. [< L. manu- 
ariua, of the hand (as a noun, a manual laborer), 
< tiitniiix. the hand: see manual, main 3 . Cf . man- 
ner' 1 .'] I. a. Done or carried on by the hand ; 
manual. 
In manuary craftes, though they be all good, yet that Is 
accompted most noble that Is most necessary. 
Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 168. 
II. . 1. One who labors with his hands; a 
handicraftsman; an artificer; an artisan. 
There are some special gifts of the Spirit, which we call 
charismata, which do no more argue a right to the sonship 
of God than the manuary' infused skill of iiczaleel and 
Aholiab could prove them saints. 
Ill'- Hall, Sermon on Rom. viii. 14. 
2. A consecrated glove. 
Some manuariei for handlers of relics. 
Latimer, Works, I. 49. (flat**) 
manubialt (ma-nu'bi-al), a. [< L. manubialis, 
of or belonging to booty, < manubiee, money ob- 
tained from the sale of booty, also booty, spoils, 
< manus, the hand : see>no;ia/.] Belonging to 
spoils ; taken in war Manublal column. See col- 
umn. 
manubria. . Plural of manubrium. 
manubrial (ma-nu'bri-al), a. [< manubrium + 
-/.] In a /HI t., of or pertaining to a manubrium; 
having the character of a manubrium ; resem- 
bling a handle: as, the manubrial part of the 
sternum. 
manubriated (ma-nu'bri-a-ted), a. [< manu- 
brium + -ate 1 + -ed 2 .] Having a manubrium, as 
a sternum : used chiefly in ornithology. 
manubrium (ma-nu'bri-um), .; pi. manubria 
(-a). [= Sp. Pg. manubrio, < L. manubrium, a 
handle, haft, hilt, < manus, the hand: see man- 
ual.~\ 1. In some technical uses, a handle or 
haft. Specifically 2. In anat. and zool.: (a) 
The presternum, or first piece of the sternum, 
of most mammals; the anterior, or in man the 
upper, segment of the sternum, corresponding 
to the first pair of ribs, and succeeded by a piece 
or pieces collectively called the gladiolus or 
mesosternum. See cut under sternum, (b) In 
birds, a small process, often forked, of the fore 
border of the sternum, in the middle line, at the 
root of the keel. See cut under epipleura. (e) 
The handle of the malleus ; the process of the 
outer ear-bone, connected with the inner sur- 
face of the tympanic membrane. See cut under 
ossiculum. (d) In hydrozoans, the sac or polyp- 
ite which projects from the center of the con- 
cavity of trie nectocalyx of a medusa or the gono- 
calyx of a medusiform gonophore. See mcdu- 
soid. 3. In bot., a cylindrical cell which arises 
from the center of the inner face of each of the 
eight shields that compose the wall of the an- 
theridium in the Characor. Also called handle. 
Compare head, 6 (c ), and head-cell. 
From the center of the Inner face of each shield a cylin- 
drical cell, termed a handle or mantifrritim, projects in- 
wards nearly to the center of the globe. 
Bennett and Murray, Cryptogamic Bot., p. 177. 
4. In organ-building, a stop-knob or handle, 
manucaption (man-u-kap'shon), n. [< ML. 
nianufajitio(n-), < L. manus, hand, + caption-), 
taking: see caption.'] In old late, a writ for 
the appearance or bringing in of a person who 
could not be admitted to bail by the sheriff or 
an inferior magistrate. 
This manucaption was intended to secure the atten- 
dance of the members. Stitbbt, Const. Hist., 424. 
manucaptor (man-u-kap'tor), w. [< ML. ma- 
nucaptor, < L. manus, hand, + captor, a taker 
(hunter): see captor.'] In old law, one who 
stands bail for the appearance of another; a 
surety. 
For each of them [newly chosen representatives] manu- 
caittort or bailsmen were provided, who were bound for 
their obedience to the writ, and the names of the manu- 
captart were entered in the return. 
Stubbt, Const. Hist, I 424. 
