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in the dark. Bacon. His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind. More.

y Scriptures, especially the New Testament, are her daily study. Law. The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.

. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. South.

ympathy; sympathizing. Far wiser he, whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind. Goldsmith.

y only to want. Prov. xxi. 5. The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind. Tillotson.

t his disposal. Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind. Buckminster.

To trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] "To trick or trump mankind." B. Jonson.

An extensive division of mankind including the Mongols and allied races of Asia, together with the Malays and Polynesians.

The division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair. Cf. Leiotrichi.

The inferior part of mankind. [R.] Atterbury.

ce will unteach us. Sir T. Browne. One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule. Byron.

ter darkness. They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind. Atterbury.

uncertain; inconstant; variable. A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden. The names of mixed modes . . . are very various. Locke.

. Many passions dispose us to depress and vilify the merit of one rising in the esteem of mankind. Addison.

property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person or persons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, or the property in t…

e army; the whole nation. "On their whole host I flew unarmed." Milton. The whole race of mankind. Shak.

The female part of the human race; womankind. Man is destined to be a prey to woman. Thackeray.

The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind. Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. Spenser. Perhaps the smile and the tender tone Came out of her pitying womanhood. Tennyson.

The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind. Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it. Shak. Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me For undertaking so unstaid a journey Shak.