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A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing.

The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman.

Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania. Mania a potu Etym: [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens.

Manageable. [Obs.] Bacon.

Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.

Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac. -- Ma*ni"a*cal*ly, adv.

Of or pert. to, or characterized by, mania, or excitement.

Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.

Of or pertaining to the Manichæans.

A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil. The Manichæans stand as representatives of dualism pushed to its utmost development. Tylor.

The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichæans.

Manichæan.

The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.

n good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

Any species of the genus Manis, or family Manidæ.

Mania; insanity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ly apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight. Heb. iv. 13. That which may be known of God is manifest in them. Rom. i. 19. Thus manifest to sight the god appeared. Dryden.

Such as can be manifested.

The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation. The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manife…

Manifestable.