manni

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 ]