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A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks.

To manumit. [Obs.] Dryden.

The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission." Arbuthnot.

lease from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave. "Manumitted slaves." Hume.

Movable by hand. [R.]

A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it.

Capable of cultivation. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner.

Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser.

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.

Cultivation. [Obs.] W. Wotton.

One who manures land.

Relating to manures.

The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.

The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.

Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

Manuscript. [Obs.]

Maintenance. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.

A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through. Raymond.

Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language. Manx cat (Zoöl.), a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. -- Manx shearwater (Zoöl.), an oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, or P. puffinus), called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It was form…