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n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of managing a boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ brink + -manship. (1956). ] the policy or practise of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety), in order to achieve the most advantageous outcome; -- used especially of diplomatic maneuvers in crisis situations, and originally applied to the policies of John Foster Dulles under President Eisenhower. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a genus of plants of the nightshade family, including some plants often placed in the genus Datura, such as the angel's trumpets.
Syn. -- genus Brugmansia. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Skill in driving a coach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The work of a craftsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bad workmanship. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the creation of artistic drawings.
Syn. -- drawing, drafting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office, art, or work of a draughtsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Art or skill of a footman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The position of a foreman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being a freshman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The carriage or quality of a gentleman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or character of a hangman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Kinship. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a low-churchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from its inventor, François Mansard, or Mansart, a distinguished French architect, who died in 1666. ] (Arch.) A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. mansa, mansus, mansum, a farm, fr. L. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell. See Mansion, Manor. ] 1. A dwelling house, generally with land attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The parsonage; a clergyman's house. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Capital manse, the manor house, or lord's court. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A male servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Manse, Manor, Menagerie, Menial, Permanent. ] 1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In my Father's house are many mansions. John xiv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

These poets near our princes sleep,
And in one grave their mansions keep. Den&unr_;am. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The eight and twenty mansions
That longen to the moon. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mansion house, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dwell; to reside. [ Obs. ] Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large and imposing house.
Syn. -- mansion, manse, hall, residence. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwelling place. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e&unr_;slave them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mansuetus, p. p. of mansuescere to tame; manus hand + suescere to accustom: cf. F. mansuet. ] Tame; gentle; kind. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mansuetudo: cf. F. mansuétude. ] Tameness; gentleness; mildness. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Skill of a marksman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. skill as an oarsman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The attitude or practice of trying to keep one step ahead of a friend or competitor; vigorous competitiveness. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. permansio. See Permanent. ] Continuance. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Grisons rumansch, rumonsch, romonsch. See Romance. ] The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin. [ Written also Romansch, and Rumonsch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice of sportsmen; skill in field sports. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The business or skill of a waterman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Art of, or skill in, rowing; oarsmanship; specif., skill in managing the blade in the water, as distinguished from managing arms, body, etc., in the stroke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Min.) Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstätten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite. [ 1913 Webster ]