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A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.

A kind of four-stringed lute.

A genus of plants; the mandrake. See Mandrake, 1.

One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.

A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region. And shrieks like mandrak…

; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley. [Written also manderil.] Mandrel lathe, a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp. for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning or spinning.

n the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.

Such as can be chewed; fit to be eaten. [R.] Any manducable creature. Sir T. Herbert.

To masticate; to chew; to eat. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

The act of chewing. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.

A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage.

To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon.

A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks. [Western U. S.]

Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo- mandibular nerve.

A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries. Sir M. Hale. While lingering rivers in meanders glide. Sir R. Blackmore.

Winding; having many turns.

A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.

Winding; flexuous.

ething which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory. I . . . entered a memorandum in my pocketbook. Guardian. I wish you would, as opportunity offers, make memorandums of the regulations of the academies. Sir J. Reynolds.