many 
3. Being of a certain number, large or small ; 
plural (especially in the phrase the many as 
opposed to the one): after a term of qualifica- 
tion (as, so, too, and especially how in interro- 
gations) : often with the qualified noun omitted : 
as, how many people were there? how many will 
go ? as many as the room will hold ; not so many 
as before ; too many men are dishonest. 
Behold how many things they witness against thee. 
Mark XT. 4. 
Dost thou conjure for wenches, that them call 'st for such 
store, 
When one is one too many? Shale., C. of E., ill. 1. 35. 
The Greek will drink as many Glasses as there be Letters 
in his Mistress's name. Howell, Letters, ii. 64. 
4. Much. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] Manyonet 
See def. 2. 
Anthony, the full noble souerayn, 
Off paynyms hath ryght manyon slain. 
Rom. qfPartenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2275. 
Not many, not much. [Slang.] So many, (a) Such a 
number or an equal number of : as, packed together like 
DO many herrings. 
All so many as his menne mighten areche. 
Alisaunder of Macedoine (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 441. 
The women of the place had fled, like so many frighted 
deer, to one of the principal churches. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 11. 
(6) Such a number indefinitely or distributively : as, he 
took so many of these, and so many of those, and so many 
of the others. Too many, too strong; too powerful; too 
able : as, they are too many for us ; he is too many, or one 
too many, for us. [Colloq.] [Many is prefixed to a great 
numberof participial adjectives, forming compounds which 
explain themselves : as, numy-armed, wwmy-colored, many- 
cornered, many-eyed. ]=Syn.l. Manifold, multiplied, vari- 
ous, divers, sundry, frequent. 
many 1 (men'i), n. [< ME. manye, *menyc, < AS. 
menigu, mainigeo, manigu (= OS. menigi = MLG. 
menige, menie, menje = OHG. managi, manaM, 
menigi, meniki, MHG. menege, G. menge = Icel. 
mengi = Sw. mangd = Dan. mcengde = Goth. 
managei), a crowd, many persons, < ttiamjr,many: 
see many 1 , a. Many, n., is thus not merely the 
adj. used as a noun, but was formed from the 
adj. in early times, with a suffix now lost. Many 1 
in the sense of 'crowd' became confused with 
many 2 , menye, meiny, a retinue of servants : see 
meiny. In the collective use the noun manyl, 
with the def. art., is not easily distinguished 
from the adj. many 1 used in the plural as a 
noun.] 1. A multitude; a great aggregate; 
specifically, the mass of people; the general- 
ity; the common herd. 
O thou fond many, with what loud applause 
Did'st thou beat heaven with blessing Bolingbroke ! 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 3. 91. 
The will of the many, and their interest, must very often 
differ. Burke, Rev. in France. 
2. A considerable number: with the indefinite 
article, and followed by of expressed or under- 
stood. 
A many of us were called together before him, to say our 
minds in certain matters. 
Latimer, 3d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. 
Like a many of these lisping hawthorn buds. 
Shalt., M. W. of W., iU. 3. 77. 
They have not shed a many tears, 
Dear eyes, since ttrst I knew them well. 
Tennyson, Miller's Daughter. 
[The phrase a many (as well as a pretty many) is now rare 
or colloquial ; yet a good many and a great many are still 
in common use.] 
many 2 t (meu'i), . See meiny. 
manyberry (men'i-ber"i), . Same as hack- 
berry. 
many-folded (men'i-f 61"ded), a. Having many 
folds, doublings, or complications. 
His puissant armes about his noble brest, 
And many-folded shield he bound about his wrest. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. iii. 1. 
many-headed (men'i-hed''ed), a. Having many 
heads. Applied to mythological beingsfabled to have a 
number of heads on a single body, and in literature refer- 
ring especially to the Lerneean hydra, called the many- 
headed monster: a phrase hence sometimes used of an ex- 
cited mob or the mass of the common people, considered 
as one body moved by many furious or Irrational impulses. 
So. with this bold opposer rushes on 
This many-headed monster, multitude 
Daniel, Civil Wars, ii. 
manyness (men'i-nes), n. The state or quality 
of being many in number; numerousness ; mul- 
tiplicity. Mind, XLI. 60. [Bare.] 
manyplies (men'i-pliz), n. sing, and pi. [Also 
maniplies and (Sc.) monipties; < manyl + ply, 
.] The third stomach of a ruminant, techni- 
cally named the omasum or psalterium : so called 
from the many parallel folds or layers like the 
leaves of a book. 
manyroot (men'i-rbt), n. A plant, Ruellia tu- 
torwo, found in Texas, Mexico, California, the 
West Indies, and elsewhere. Its flowers are 
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large and blue, and its tuberous roots have 
emetic properties. 
many-sided (men'i-si"ded), o. Having many 
sides ; hence, figuratively, having many aspects, 
qualities, or capabilities ; of diversified range 
or scope ; not narrowly limited. 
The Bishop of Cyrene . . . was one of those many- 
sided, volatile, restless men who taste joy and sorrow . . . 
abundantly and passionately. Kingdey, Hypatia, xxi. 
many-sidedness (meu'i-sided-nes), n. The 
condition of having many sides ; hence, figura- 
tively, the quality of being many-sided; di- 
versity of character or capability; widenessof 
range or view. 
many wise, manyways (men'i-wlz, -waz), adv. 
In many different ways ; multifariously ; vari- 
ously. 
Manzanilla (man-za-nil'a), n. [Sp., perhaps 
so called from a town near' Seville.] Sherry of 
unusually dry and light character; specifically, 
a sherry produced in the district of San Lucar 
de Barrameda in Spain. 
manzanita (man-za-ne'ta), n. [Sp., dim. of 
manzana, apple.] " One of several shrubs or 
small trees of the genus Arctostaphylos, found 
in the western United States. These are, especial- 
ly, A. tomentosa, a shrub from 2 to 6 feet high; A. pun- 
gens, the most common manzanita, abounding everywhere 
on dry ridges, whether on the coast or at great elevations ; 
and A. glauca, the great-berried manzanita, distinguished 
by its larger solid fruit, with a large five-celled stone, 
maor (mar), n. [Gael, maor, maer, a steward, 
perhaps < ML. major, a steward, etc. : see ma- 
jor, mayor.'] Anciently, in Scotland, a steward 
of crown or fiscal lands, whose rank afterward 
became that of a thane. See maormor. 
Maori (ma'o-ri or mou'ri), n. and a. [< Maori, 
lit. 'native," indigenous.'] I. n. 1. One of the 
primitive inhabitants of New Zealand, a Poly- 
nesian race of the Malay family, distinguished 
for their natural capacity and vigor. Most of 
them now profess Christianity, but they have 
vigorously though unsuccessfully resisted Eng- 
lish dominion. 2. The language of the Maoris. 
II. a. Of or belonging to the primitive in- 
habitants of New Zealand, or to their language. 
Maori rat. See rat. 
maormor (mar'mor), n. [Gael., < maor, maer, 
a steward, + mor, great.] Anciently, in Scot- 
land, a royal steward of high dignity and power, 
placed over a province instead of a thanage. 
After the introduction of feudalism the maor- 
mors became earls. Also written mormaer. 
As to the office of Mormaer, there seems little doubt that, 
like the Maor, he was a royal official resembling the 
"Graphic" amongst the early Franks, and the Scandina- 
vian "Jarl," acting as a royal deputy, and retaining in 
early times the third part of the royal revenue and prerog- 
atives. Book of Deer. 
Maoutia (ma-o'ti-a), n. [NL. (Weddell, 1854), 
named after E. IJemaout, a French botanist.] 
A genus of urticaceous plants, belonging to the 
tribe Urticea; and the subtribe Ecehmeriece. it is 
characterized by the minuteness or absence of the perianth 
in the female flowers, by flowers borne in small panicled 
heads, and by tufted or plumose stigmas. There are 8 spe- 
cies, natives of eastern India, the Malay archipelago, and 
the South Pacific islands. They are shrubs with alternate 
petioled leaves that are sometimes three-nerved and cre- 
nate ; the flowers are small, disposed in little heads, gen- 
erally in the axils of the leaves, sometimes terminal. See 
ijraa-doth and ramie. 
map 1 (map), n. [Early mod. E. mappe, < OF. 
(also F.) mappe = Sp. mapa = Pg. mappa, mapa, 
a map, = It. mappa, a map, prop., as in OF. F. 
It., a napkin, = I), map, mappe, map, portfolio, 
= G. Dan. mappe, portfolio ; < L. mappa, a nap- 
kin, table-cloth, a cloth or handkerchief to 
give the signal in racing ; said to be of Punic 
origin. Hence ML. mappa mundi ( > OF. mappe- 
monde, > ME. mappemounde, q. v.), a map of the 
world, a map being compared, with regard to 
its folding or to its being spread out on a table, 
to a napkin or table-cloth. The L. mappa be- 
came corrupted in ML. to napa, > ult. E. tiapery, 
napkin, and napron, apron, q. v.] 1. A draw- 
ing upon a plane surface representing a part 
or the whole of the earth's surface or of the 
heavens, every point of the drawing corre- 
sponding to some geographical or celestial po- 
sition, according to some law, of perspective, 
etc., which is called the projection, or, better, the 
map-projection. See projection. Amapoftheearth 
or of a part of the earth, frequently exhibits merely the po- 
sitions of countries, mountains, rivers, lakes, cities, etc 
relatively to one another, and, by means of lines of lati- 
tude and longitude, relatively to every other point on the 
earth s surface. Maps may be so colored or shaded as to 
give a variety of information : for example, to indicate the 
geological structure, the amount of rainfall, the principal 
productions, or the language* spoken. There are thus geo- 
logical, meteorological, linguistic, fauna], and other kinds 
of maps. In maps on a large scale, or those which are the 
maple 
result of careful topographical surveys, the relief of the 
surface is generally indicated with more or less accuracy. 
This is done either by contour-lines or hachures, or by 
simple shading. By the latter method, us ordinarily prac- 
tised, the indications of the relief of the surface are but 
rough in character. With sufficiently accurate data and 
a careful and artistic treatment, a close approach may, 
however, in this way be made to the effect obtained by 
photographing a model of the surface in question in an 
oblique light. From such a photograph the eye gets at 
once a very clear idea of the character of the surface. 
Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads. 
Shak., M. of V., i. 1. 19. 
2. Figuratively, a distinct and precise repre- 
sentation of anything. 
A liuely mappe of the deadly and damnable state of 
sinne and sinners (without Christ). 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 34. 
Catchment-basin map. See catchment. Conform 
map-projection, conical map-projection. See pro- 
jection Contour-line map. See contwr-line. Dis- 
sected map. See dissect. Erratic map. See erratic. 
= Syn. 1. SeecAart. 
map 1 (map), v. t. ; pret. and pp. mapped, ppr. 
mapping. [<MOpf,ft.] 1 . To draw or deline- 
ate in a chart or map, as the configuration and 
position of any portion of land. Hence 2. 
Figuratively, to lay down as in a map ; sketch, 
delineate, or describe minutely and accurately: 
often with out: as, to map out a course of study 
or reading. 
I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisa- 
nio have mapped it truly. Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 1. 2. 
We map the starry sky. M . Arnold, Empedocles on Etna. 
map 2 (map), n. A dialectal form of 
Not such maps as you wash houses with, but maps of 
countries. Middleton, Spanish Gypsy, ii. 2. 
maple 1 (ma'pl), n. and a. [< ME. mapel, ma- 
pylle, mapul, < AS. *mapol, *mapul, "meepel (= 
Icel. mopurr), in comp. mapol-trcow, mapul- 
tre6w, maple-tree, m&pelhyrst, maple-grove, and 
in deriv. mapolder, mapulder, mamildur, inabul- 
dor, a maple-tree (a form extant in some place- 
names, as Mapplederham, Mappledurwett) (the p 
in these forms haying appar. suffered an irreg. 
change from an orig. t), = MLG. masselter (-bom) 
= OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, mazaltra, MHG. 
mazalter, mazolter, masholter, G. massholder, 
also masseller (the syllable -der, OHG. -tra, be- 
ing a formative, and not, as usually asserted, a 
corruption of AS. tre6w, E. tree) ; ult. origin un- 
known.] I. n. 1. A tree of the genus Jeer, na- 
tural order Sapindacea:, peculiar to the northern 
temperate parts of the globe. The maples are often 
highly valuable, sometimes for their wood, in one or two 
cases for a sugar-product, and often as shade and orna- 
mental trees. See Acer. 
2. The wood of this tree Ash-leafed maple. See 
ffegnndo. Bird's-eye maple, the wood of the sugar-ma- 
ple when full of little knotty spots somewhat resembling 
birds' eyes, much used in cabinet-work. Black sugar- 
maple, the var. nigrum of Acer saccharin-urn, growing in 
lower ground. Broad-leafed maple, a fine species,^lccr 
macrophyllwm, of California and Oregon, the wood of 
which is largely used locally for f urniture, etc. Common 
maple of England. Acer campestrc. Curled maple, a 
wood with undulating or contorted grain, obtained from 
the red maple, the sugar-maple, and the broad-leafed ma- 
ple. It is used for gun-stocks, cabinet-work, etc. Dwarf 
maple, Acer Glabrum, a small tree or shrub of the western 
United States. Goose-foot maple. Sameassinpednwi- 
ple. Hard maple. Same as sugar-maple. Italian ma- 
ple, Acer opulifolium. Japanese maple, certain shrub- 
by species, as Acer Japonicum, A. pulymorphum, from 
Japan, some with palmately lobed red leaves. Moun- 
tain-maple, Acer spicat-um, a Email tree or shrub in North 
America from the St. Lawrence and Lake region southward. 
Norway maple, Acer platanoides, a large tree of Nor- 
way and central Europe, often planted. Red or scarlet 
maple, Acer rubrum, a large tree of the eastern half of the 
United States, Canada, etc. Its wood is brown, tinged 
with red, and is much used for cabinet-work, wooden- 
ware, etc. Its foliage is brilliant in autumn. Also called 
swamp-maple, water-maple. Kock-maple. Same as su- 
ffar-maple. Silver or white manle, Acer dasycarpum, & 
graceful fast-growing tree of good size, with sharply cut 
leaves, silvery beneath. It grows wild in eastern North 
America, and is also much cultivated for shade and orna- 
ment. Soft maple, either the red or the silver maple. 
Striped maple, Acer Pennsyltaninim, a small slender 
tree, the bark light green striped with brown or black, and 
sometimes also with white : its range is about that of the 
mountain-maple. Also called goose-foot maple,nioosewood. 
Sugar-maple, Acer saccharinum, a tree of great eco- 
nomical worth and noble appearance, ranging from south- 
ern Newfoundland through the eastern half of the United 
States. Its heavy, hard, and tough wood is employed for 
furniture, shoe-lasts, inside finish, flooring, certain parts 
of ship-building, cabinet-work (especially in its curled and 
bird's-eye varieties), and numerous similar purposes. The 
aap of the living tree is drawn in eaily spring by tapping 
for the manufacture of a finely flavored sugar and syrup. 
Also called rock-maple, sugar tree. Swamp-maple. 
Same as red mavle. Sycamore maple, or simply syca- 
more, a name in England of Acer Pseudo plalatms, a hand- 
some tree of the mountains of central Europe and west- 
ern Asia, frequently planted. Its wood is valued for fuel 
domestic utensils, etc. Vine-maple, Acer circinatum, a 
small tree found from Oregon to British Columbia, the 
stems often prostrate and forming dense thickets. 
II. a. Consisting or made of, or derived from, 
maple or the maple-tree. 
