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One who is loved. [Humorous] "The lover and lovee." Richardson.

Somewhat low. [Colloq.] Richardson.

p; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill. If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds. Shak. Luck penny, a small sum giv…

The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.[Colloq.]

To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

A magnet. [Obs.] As the magnetic hardest iron draws. Milton.

wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture.

Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc. We . . . strip the lobster of his scarlet mail. Gay.

To affirm; to support or defend by argument. It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it. South.

One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.

Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillæ of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.

Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble. " Manful hardiness." Chaucer. -- Man"ful*ly, adv. -- Man"ful*ness, n.

An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8.

Cast steel containing a considerable percentage of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough. See Alloy steel, above.

A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin.

ourageous, resolute, noble. Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak. Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden.

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.

r was, went in unto them. Acts xvii. 2. Air and manner are more expressive than words. Richardson.

A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.

Extremely rash; foolhardy. See under March, the month. Sir W. Scott.