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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…

tal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.

a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, or Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on 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.

The long and heavy hair growing on the upper side of, or about, the neck of some quadrupedal animals, as the horse, the lion, etc. See Illust. of Horse.

Having a mane. Maned seal (Zoöl.), the sea lion. -- Maned sheep (Zoöl.), the aoudad.

Art of horsemanship, or of training horses

A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver. Ezek. xlv. 12.

Having no mane. Maneless lion (Zoöl.), a variety of the lion having a short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacent countries.

An artist's model of wood or other material.

See Manorial.

especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors. Hail, O ye holy manes! Dryden.

A covering placed over the upper part of a horse's head.

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.