‖n. [ Sp., lit., hand. ] The muller, or crushing and grinding stone, used in grinding corn on a metate. [ Mexico & Local U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. manoeuvre, OF. manuevre, LL. manopera, lit., hand work, manual labor; L. manus hand + opera, fr. opus work. See Manual, Operate, and cf. Mainor, Manure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Maneuvered r Manoeuvred; p. pr. & vb. n. Maneuvering or Manoeuvring ] [ Cf. F. manoeuvrer. See Maneuver, n. ] 1. To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with the intention of getting an advantage in attack or defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To make changes in one's approach to solving a problem, so as to achieve maximum advantage in a changing situation; -- used especially in competitive situations, as in politics, diplomacy, or sports. [ PJC ]

3. To manage with address or art; to scheme. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. 1. To change the positions of, as of troops of ships. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Maneuver. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who maneuvers. [ 1913 Webster ]

This charming widow Beaumont is a nanoeuvrer. We can't well make an English word of it. Miss Edgeworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thin, rare + -graph: cf. F. manographe. ] (Engin.) An optical device for making an indicator diagram for high-speed engines. It consists of a light-tight box or camera having at one end a small convex mirror which reflects a beam of light on to the ground glass or photographic plate at the other end. The mirror is pivoted so that it can be moved in one direction by a small plunger operated by an elastic metal diaphragm which closes a tube connected with the engine cylinder. It is also moved at right angles to this direction by a reducing motion, called a reproducer, so as to copy accurately on a smaller scale the motion of the engine piston. The resultant of these two movements imparts to the reflected beam of light a motion similar to that of the pencil of the ordinary indicator, and this can be traced on the sheet of ground glass, or photographed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thin, rare + -meter: cf. F. manomètre. ] An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. manométrique. ] Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. maner, OF. maneir habitation, village, F. manoir manor, prop. the OF. inf. maneir to stay, remain, dwell, L. manere, and so called because it was the permanent residence of the lord and of his tenants. See Mansion, and cf. Remain. ] 1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family. [ 1913 Webster ]

My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Manor house, or
Manor seat, the house belonging to a manor; the house of the lord of the manor; a manse. [ 1913 Webster ]