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n. The language of the Alemanni. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Alemannic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth.
Syn. -- genus Burmannia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal or bractlike leaves and small flowers.
Syn. -- family Burmanniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Completely furnished wiith men, as a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being human. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A genus with only one species, the golden cup.
Syn. -- genus Hunnemania. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Impolite; rude; displaying socially incorrect behavior.
Syn. -- rude, unmannered, unmannerly. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n.; pl. Jungermanniæ [ NL. Named after Ludwig Jungermann, a German botanist. ] (Bot.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the family, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniaceæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of plants comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales.
Syn. -- family Jungermanniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A large order of chiefly tropical liverworts.
Syn. -- order Jungermanniales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; G. pl. Männerchöre /plu>. [ G.; männer, pl. of mann man + chor chorus. ] A German men's chorus or singing club. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb. mān; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven). ] 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also manna lichen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and Fraxinus rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna, that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of eucalyptus; Briançon manna, that of the European larch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect (Gossyparia mannipara), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarix tree in Arabia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.), A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.
Syn. -- flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Manna + Russ. & Pol. krupa groats, grits. ] 1. The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The husked grains of manna grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.), Any of several tall slender grasses of the genus Glyceria. They have long loose panicles, have a sweet flavor or odor, and grow in moist places. Nerved manna grass is Glyceria nervata, and Floating manna grass is Glyceria fluitans. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.), A tall tree (Eucalyptus viminalis) yielding a false manna. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Any of several Old World semicrustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals; same as manna{ 2 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. Having a crew; -- of vehicles; as, a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step; to minimize casualties, the military used cruise missiles rather than manned aircraft for the bombardment. Opposite of unmanned. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- fashion model, model. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display clothes, especially in retail stores and in window displays; a dummy. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- manikin, mannikin, manakin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. A model of a human form used by tailors to help make clothing of the proper shape. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. manere, F. manière, from OF. manier, adj., manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL. manarius, for L. manuarius belonging to the hand, fr. manus the hand. See Manual. ] 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land. 2 Kings xvii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful, manner. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Specifically: (a) Customary method of acting; habit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them. Acts xvii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Air and manner are more expressive than words. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, mind your manners!. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bread is in a manner common. 1 Sam. xxi.5. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, all manners of people came to the rally. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him. Luke 8: 25.

Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs. Luke xi. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

I bid thee say,
What manner of man art thou? Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when employed in this sense. “A manner Latin corrupt was her speech.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

By any manner of means, in any way possible; by any sort of means. --
To be taken in the manner or
To be taken with the manner. [ A corruption of to be taken in the mainor. See Mainor. ] To be taken in the very act. [ Obs. ] See Mainor. --
To make one's manners, to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation. --
Manners bit, a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners. Hallwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See Method. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self; as, a well-mannered child. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give her princely training, that she may be
Mannered as she is born. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

His style is in some degree mannered and confined. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. maniérisme. ] 1. Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, behavior, or treatment of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adherence to a peculiar style or manner carried to excess, especially in literature or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mannerism is pardonable, and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle, and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is always offensive. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. maniériste. ] One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant. [ 1913 Webster ]

What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With good manners. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (linguistics) A word that denotes a manner of doing something; a troponym; as, "march" is a manner name for "walk". [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The characteristic style or manner that a person uses to express himself orally.
Syn. -- delivery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ From Mannheim in Germany, where much of it was made. ] A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zinc. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mannite + anhydride. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance, obtained by dehydration of mannite, and distinct from, but convertible into, mannitan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc. ] 1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

But yet it was a figure
Most like to mannish creature. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Man"nish*ly pos>adv. -- Man"nish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mannite + anhydrite. ] (Chem.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of mannitic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Same as mannitol. [ PJC ]

2. (Bot.) A sweet white efflorescence from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria saccharina, or devil's apron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, mannitol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mannitic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, intermediate between saccharic acid and mannitol, and obtained by the partial oxidation of the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mannite + -ol. ] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline hexose (HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin. Syn. -- D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an excessive manner; excessively. [ Obs. ] Wiclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called because found in the unripe fruit of the bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). ] (Chem.) Same as Inosite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after J. C. Ullman, a German chemist. ] (Min.) A brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic luster, containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. [ Properly p. p. of unman. ] Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc.; weak; effeminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Pref. un- not + man + -ed. ] (Falconry) Not tamed; not made familiar with, or subject to, man; -- also used figuratively. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hood my unmanned blood bating in my cheeks
With thy black mantle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Pref. un- not + manned. ] Not furnished with men; as, an unmanned ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv. Uncivilly; rudely. -- Un*man"ner*li*ness n. [1913 Webster]

n. (Biol.) The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called neo-Darwinism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]