Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 15
Manteaux (n. pl. ) of Manteau.
Manteaus (n. pl. ) of Manteau.
Manteau (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle.
Manteau (n.) A gown worn by women. [Obs.]
Mantel (n.) (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. The shelf is called also a mantelpiece or mantlepiece. [Written also mantle.]
Mantel (n.) Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece].
Mantelet (n.) A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. -- Chaucer.
Mantelet (n.) (Fort.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.
Mantelet (n.) Portable bulletproof shelter [syn: mantelet, mantlet].
Mantelet (n.) Short cape worn by women [syn: mantelet, mantilla].
Mantelpiece (n.) Same as Mantel.
Compare: Mantel
Mantel (n.) (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. The shelf is called also a mantelpiece or mantlepiece. [Written also mantle.]
Mantel (n.) Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece].
Mantelpiece (n.) Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece].
Mantelshelf (n.) The shelf of a mantel.
Manteltree (n.) (Arch.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.
Mantic (a.) Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic. [R.] "Mantic fury." -- Trench. Manticora; Mantichora
Mantic (a.) Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions" [syn: divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical].
Mantilla (n.) A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.
Mantilla (n.) A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc. Mantinea
Mantilla (n.) A woman's silk or lace scarf.
Mantilla (n.) Short cape worn by women [syn: mantelet, mantilla].
Mantis (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina.
Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also called mantis crab and mantis prawn.
Mantis (n.) Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer [syn: mantis, mantid].
Mantis, () A structured, full-function procedural 4GL and application development system from Cincom. MANTIS enables the developer to design prototypes, create transaction screens and reports, define logical data views, write structured procedures, and dynamically test, correct, document, secure, and release applications for production in a single, integrated, interactive session.
Mantis, () Applications can be enhanced with gOOi, the graphical object-oriented interface, which creates graphical Windows representations of existing MANTIS screens.
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Mantispid (n.) (Zool.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.
Mantispid (n.) Insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps.
Mantissa (n.) (Math.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.
Mantissa (n.) The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808 [syn: mantissa, fixed-point part].
Mantissa, () The part of a floating point number which, when multiplied by its radix raised to the power of its exponent, gives its value. The mantissa may include the number's sign or this may be considered to be a separate part.
Mantissa, () The fractional part of a logarithm. (1996-06-15)
Mantle (n.) A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
[The] children are clothed with mantles of satin. -- Bacon.
The green mantle of the standing pool. -- Shak.
Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree. -- Burns.
Mantle (n.) (Her.) Same as Mantling.
Mantle (n.) (Zool.) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus.
Mantle (n.) (Zool.) Any free, outer membrane.
Mantle (n.) (Zool.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
Mantle (n.) A mantel. See Mantel.
Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth. -- Raymond.
Mantle (n.) (Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel.
Mantle (n.) (Geol.) The highly viscous shell of hot semisolid rock, about 1800 miles thick, lying under the crust of the Earth and above the core. Also, by analogy, a similar shell on any other planet.
Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantle.
Mantling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mantle .
Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise. -- Shak.
Mantle (v. i.) To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
Ne is there hawk which mantleth on her perch. -- Spenser.
Or tend his sparhawk mantling in her mew. -- Bp. Hall.
My frail fancy fed with full delight.
Doth bathe in bliss, and mantleth most at ease. -- Spenser.
Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.
The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows. -- Milton.
Mantle (v. i.) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
Though mantled in her cheek the blood. -- Sir W. Scott.
Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
There is a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond. -- Shak.
Nor bowl of wassail mantle warm. -- Tennyson.
Mantle (n.) The cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders."
Mantle (n.) United States baseball player (1931-1997) [syn: Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle].
Mantle (n.) The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
Mantle (n.) Anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: blanket, mantle].
Mantle (n.) (Zoology) A protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [syn: mantle, pallium].
Mantle (n.) Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece].
Mantle (n.) Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall].
Mantle (n.) A sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter [syn: cape, mantle].
Mantle (v.) Spread over a surface, like a mantle.
Mantle (v.) Cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building."
Mantle, () Heb. 'addereth, a large over-garment. This word is used of Elijah's mantle (1 Kings 19:13, 19; 2 Kings 2:8, 13, etc.), which was probably a sheepskin. It appears to have been his only garment, a strip of skin or leather binding it to his loins. _'Addereth_ twice occurs with the epithet "hairy" (Gen. 25:25; Zech. 13:4, R.V.). It is the word denoting the "goodly Babylonish garment" which Achan coveted (Josh. 7:21).
Mantle, () Heb. me'il, frequently applied to the "robe of the ephod" (Ex. 28:4, 31; Lev. 8:7), which was a splendid under tunic wholly of blue, reaching to below the knees. It was woven without seam, and was put on by being drawn over the head. It was worn not only by priests but by kings (1 Sam. 24:4), prophets (15:27), and rich men (Job 1:20; 2:12). This was the "little coat" which Samuel's mother brought to him from year to year to Shiloh (1 Sam. 2:19), a miniature of the official priestly robe.
Mantle, () Semikah, "a rug," the garment which Jael threw as a covering over Sisera (Judg. 4:18). The Hebrew word occurs nowhere else in Scripture.
Mantle, () Maataphoth, plural, only in Isa. 3:22, denoting a large exterior tunic worn by females. (See DRESS.)
Compare: Mantelet
Mantelet (n.) (a) A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
Mantelet (n.) (b) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. -- Chaucer.
Mantelet (n.) (Fort.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.
Mantlet (n.) See Mantelet.
Mantling (n.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.
Manto (n.) See Manteau.
Mantlet (n.) Portable bulletproof shelter [syn: mantelet, mantlet].
Mantologist (n.) One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner. [R.]
Mantology (n.) The act or art of divination. [R.]
Mantra (n.) [Skr.] 真言；（印度教、大乘佛教中的）祈禱文 A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm. [India]
Note: Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans. -- Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Mantra (n.) A commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra."
Mantra (n.) (Sanskrit) Literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns.
Mantra (n.) [C] (Especially in Hinduism ang Buddhism) （尤指印度教和佛教中的）曼特羅，曼怛羅，咒語 A word or sound that is believed to have a special power.
// A personal mantra is sometimes repeated as an aid to meditation or prayer.
Mantrap (n.) A trap for catching trespassers. [Eng.]
Mantrap (n.) A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.
Mantrap (n.) A very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish].
Mantrap (n.) A trap for catching trespassers.
Mantua (n.) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. [Obs.] -- Beck (Draper's Dict.).
Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown. [Obs.]
Mantua (n.) Loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Mantua, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 1046
Housing Units (2000): 452
Land area (2000): 1.407040 sq. miles (3.644217 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.407040 sq. miles (3.644217 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47180
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.283705 N, 81.222973 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44255
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mantua, OH
Mantua
Mantua, UT -- U.S. town in Utah
Population (2000): 791
Housing Units (2000): 231
Land area (2000): 4.866287 sq. miles (12.603626 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.738116 sq. miles (1.911711 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.604403 sq. miles (14.515337 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47840
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 41.497399 N, 111.942292 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84324
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mantua, UT
Mantua
Mantua, VA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Virginia
Population (2000): 7485
Housing Units (2000): 2723
Land area (2000): 2.421987 sq. miles (6.272918 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.421987 sq. miles (6.272918 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49144
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.852012 N, 77.257675 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mantua, VA
Mantua
Mantuamaker (n.) One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.
Mantuan (a.) Of or pertaining to Mantua.
Mantuan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Mantua.
Manu (n.) [Skr.] (Hind. Myth.) One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors of human wisdom.
Manual (a.) Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.
Manual (n.) A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.
This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws. -- Sir M. Hale.
Manual (n.) (Mus.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. -- Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Manual (n.) (Mil.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).
Manual (a.) Of or pertaining to the hand.
Manual (a.) Performed by a person using physical as contrasted with mental effort; as, manual labor.
Manual (a.) Done or made by the hand. In some contexts, contrasted with automatic or mechanical. "Manual and ocular examination." -- Tatham.
Manual exercise (Mil.) The exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms.
Seal manual, The impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring.
Sign manual. See under Sign.
Manual (a.) Of or relating to the hands; "manual dexterity."
Manual (a.) Requiring human effort; "a manual transmission" [ant: automatic].
Manual (a.) Doing or requiring physical work; "manual labor"; "manual laborer."
Manual (n.) A small handbook.
Manual (n.) (Military) A prescribed drill in handling a rifle [syn: manual of arms, manual].
Manual. () That which is employed or used by the hand, of which a present profit may be made. Things in the manual occupation of the owner cannot be distrained for rent. Vide Tools.
Manualist (n.) One who works with the hands; an artificer. manual labor
Manually (adv.) By hand. In some contexts, contrasted with automatically.
Manuary (a.) Manual.
Manuary (n.) An artificer. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Manubial (a.) Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Manubrial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.
Manubria (n. pl. ) of Manubrium.
Manubriums (n. pl. ) of Manubrium.
Manubrium (n.) (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.
Manubrium (n.) (Zool.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.
Manucode (n.) (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.
Manuducent (n.) One who leads by the hand; a manuductor. [Obs.]
Manuduction (n.) Guidance by the hand. [Obs.] -- Glanvill. -- South.
Manuductor (n.) (Mus.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music. -- Moore (Encyc. of Music.)
-ries (n. pl. ) of Manufactory.
Manufactory (n.) Manufacture. [Obs.]
Manufactory (n.) 製造廠，工廠；工場 A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.
Manufactory (a.) Pertaining to manufacturing.
Manufactory (n.) A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing [syn: factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory].
Manufactural (a.) 製造的；製造業的 Of or pertaining to manufactures. [R.]
Manufacture (n.) （大量）製造 [U]；製造業 [U] The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.
Manufacture (n.) Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.
Manufactured (imp. & p. p.) of Manufacture.
Manufacturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manufacture.
Manufacture (v. t.) （大量）製造，加工[（+from/ into）]；捏造，虛構（證據，藉口等） To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.
Manufacture (v. t.) To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.
Manufacture (v. i.) 製造 To be employed in manufacturing something.
Manufacture (n.) The organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" [syn: industry, manufacture].
Manufacture (n.) The act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain" [syn: fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing].
Manufacture (v.) Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal" [syn: manufacture, fabricate, construct].
Manufacture (v.) Make up something artificial or untrue [syn: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent].
Manufacture (v.) Produce naturally; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only."
Manufacture (v.) Create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success."
Manufacture, () This word is used in the English and American patent laws. This term includes two classes of things; first, all machinery which is to be used and is not the object of sale; and, secondly, substances (such, for example, as medicines) formed by chemical processes, when the vendible substance is the thing produced, and that which operates preserves no permanent form. In the first class, the machine, and, in the second the substance produced, is the subject of the patent. 2 H. Bl. 492. See 8 T. R. 99; 2 B. & A. 349; Day. Pat. Cas. 278; Webst. on Pat. 8; Phil. on Pat. 77; Perp. Manuel des Inv. c. 2, s. 1; Renouard, c. 5, s. 1; Westminster Review, No. 44, April 1835, p. 247; 1 Bell's Com., B. 1, part 2, c. 4, s. 1, p. 110, 6th ed.
Manufacturer (n.) 製造業者，廠商，廠主；製造公司 [C] One who manufactures.
Manufacturer (n.) A business engaged in manufacturing some product [syn: manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business].
Manufacturer (n.) Someone who manufactures something [syn: manufacturer, producer].
Manufacturer (n.) (B2) [ C ] 製造商，生產商（生產大批商品的企業） A company that produces goods in large numbers.
// Germany is a major manufacturer of motor cars.
// Follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer.
Manufacturing (a.) 製造業的；製造的 Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.
Manufacturing (a.) Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.
Manufacturing (n.) 製造業，工業 The act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain" [syn: fabrication, manufacture, manufacturing].
Manufacturing (n.) [ U ] (B2) 製造業（生產大批商品的行業） The business of producing goods in large numbers.
// Car manufacturing.
// The manufacturing of military equipment.
Manul (n.) (Zool.) 兔猻；是一種來自寒冷亞洲草原的毛皮豐厚的貓科動物。A wild cat ({Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.
Manul (n.) Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia [syn: manul, Pallas's cat, Felis manul].
Manumise (v. t.) To manumit. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Compare: Manumit
Manumit (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Manumitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Manumitting.]【史】解放奴隸 To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave. "Manumitted slaves." -- Hume.
Manumit (v.) Free from slavery or servitude [syn: manumit, emancipate].
Manumission (n.) （奴隸）解放 The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission." -- Arbuthnot.
Manumission (n.) The formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the manumission of the slaves."
Manumission, () contracts. The agreement by which the owner or master of a slave sets him free and at liberty; the written instrument which contains this agreement is also called a manumission.
Manumission, () In the civil law it was different from emancipation, which, properly speaking, was applied to the liberation of children from paternal power. Inst. liv. 1, t. 5 & 12; Co. Litt. 137, a; Dane's Ab. h.t.
Manumitted (imp. & p. p.) of Manumit.
Manumitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manumit.
Manumit (v. t.) To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave. "Manumitted slaves." -- Hume.
Manumit (v.) Free from slavery or servitude [syn: manumit, emancipate].
Manumotive (a.) Movable by hand. [R.]
Manumotor (n.) A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it.
Manurable (a.) Capable of cultivation. [Obs.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Manurable (a.) Capable of receiving a fertilizing substance.
Manurage (n.) Cultivation. [Obs.] -- Warner.
Manurance (n.) Cultivation. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Manure (n.) Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. -- Dryden.
Manured (imp. & p. p.) of Manure.
Manuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Manure.
Manure (v. t.) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.]
To whom we gave the strand for to manure. -- Surrey.
Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved. -- Donne.
Manure (v. t.) To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.
The blood of English shall manure the ground. -- Shak.
Manure (n.) Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material.
Manure (v.) Spread manure, as for fertilization [syn: manure, muck].
Manure, () Dung. When collected in a heap, it is considered as personal property, but, when spread, it becomes a part of the land and acquires the character of real estate. Alleyn, 31; 2 Ired. R. 326.
Manurement (n.) Cultivation. [Obs.] -- W. Wotton.
Manurer (n.) One who manures land.
Manurial (a.) Relating to manures.
Manuring (n.) The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.