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Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation.

One who manipulates

Of or pertaining to manipulation.

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.

dians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship. Tylor. Gitche Manito the mighty, The Great Spirit, the creator, Smiled upon his helpless children! Longfellow. Mitche Manito the mighty, He the dreadful Spirit of Evil, As a serpent was depicted. Longfellow.

The anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Insect.

The human race; man, taken collectively. The proper study of mankind is man. Pore.

Of or pertaining to the language or people of the of Man. -- n.

Unmanly; inhuman. [Obs.] Chapman.

Inhumanly. [Obs.]

Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly. " Gentle, manlike speech." Testament of Love. " A right manlike man." Sir P. Sidney. In glaring Chloe's manlike taste and mien. Shenstone.

The quality or state of being manly.

A little man. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble. Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak. Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden.

dicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.

a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats.

n. The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land. 2 Kings xvii. 26. The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful,manner. Atterbury.

A German men's chorus or singing club.

e way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak.

Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist, whic…