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Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs. [Written also maleadministration.]

To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort. See how the surly Warwick mans the wall ! Shak. They man their boats, and all their young men arm. Waller.

A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous. Erskine.

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

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

Manageable. [Obs.] Bacon.

work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.

Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud.

r A. M. -- Master of the horse, the third great officer in the British court, having the management of the royal stables, etc. In ceremonial cavalcades he rides next to the sovereign. -- Master of the rolls, in England, an officer who has charge of the rolls and patents that pass the great seal, and of the records of…

A housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital. Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.…

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rolic. "Follies and light merriment." Spenser. Methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment. Milton.

One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs. Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man. Bacon.

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison.

To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. [Obs.] Shak.

on, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist. A number of moderate members managed ... to obtain a majority in a thin house. Swift.

A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote.

To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship.

The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water; seamanship.

To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.