AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
manoeuvre: management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.-management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.-to perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with reference to getting advantage in attack or defense.-to manage with address or art; to scheme.-to change the positions of, as of troops of ships.-see maneuver.
manofwar: a government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war.
manometer: an instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. see pressure, and illust. of air pump.
manor: the land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.-a tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services.
manrent: homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage.
mansard roof: a hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.
manse: a dwelling house, generally with land attached.-the parsonage; a clergyman's house.
mansion: a dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.-the house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: any house of considerable size or pretension.-a twelfth part of the heavens; a house. see 1st house, 8.-the place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution.-to dwell; to reside.
manslaughter: the slaying of a human being; destruction of men.-the unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/ or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.
manstealing: the act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e/slave them.
mantel: the finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.
mantelet: a short cloak formerly worn by knights.-a short cloak or mantle worn by women.-a musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.
manteltree: the lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.
mantic: of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.
mantilla: a lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.-a kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in spain, mexico, etc.
mantis: any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus mantis, and allied genera. they are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. the common american species is m. carolina.
mantispid: any neuropterous insect of the genus mantispa, and allied genera. the larvae feed on plant lice. also used adjectively. see illust. under neuroptera.
mantissa: the decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.
mantle: a loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.-same as mantling.-the external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. it usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. see illusts. of buccinum, and byssus.-any free, outer membrane.-the back of a bird together with the folded wings.-a mantel. see mantel.-the outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.-a penstock for a water wheel.-to cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.-to unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. also used figuratively.-to spread out; -- said of wings.-to spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.-to gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
mantling: of mantle-the representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.
mantrap: a trap for catching trespassers.-a dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.
mantua: a superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from mantua in italy.-a woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.
mantuamaker: one who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.
manu: one of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors of human wisdom.
manual: of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.-a small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the roman catholic church.-a keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.-a prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).
manubrial: of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.
manubrium: a handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.-the proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. see illust. of hydromedusa.
manucode: any bird of the genus manucodia, of australia and new guinea. they are related to the bird of paradise.
manufactory: manufacture.-a building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.-pertaining to manufacturing.
manufacture: the operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.-anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.-to make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.-to work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.-to be employed in manufacturing something.
manufacturing: of manufacture-employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.-pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.
manul: a wild cat (felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. it is found in the mountains of central asia, and dwells among rocks.
manumission: the act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.
manumit: to release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave.
manumotor: a small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it.
manure: to cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.-to apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.-any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc.
manuring: of manure-the act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.
manus: of manus-the distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.
manuscript: written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.-a literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.-writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.
manway: a small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through.
manx: of or pertaining to the isle of man, or its inhabitants; as, the manx language.-the language of the inhabitants of the isle of man, a dialect of the celtic.
many: a retinue of servants; a household.-consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.-the populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.-a large or considerable number.
many-sided: having many sides; -- said of figures. hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic.-interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or objects of attention; versatile.
manyplies: the third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. so called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. see illust of ruminant.
manzanita: a name given to several species of arctostaphylos, but mostly to a. glauca and a. pungens, shrubs of california, oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.
maori: one of the aboriginal inhabitants of new zealand; also, the original language of new zealand.-of or pertaining to the maoris or to their language.
map: a representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.-anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.-to represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. hence, figuratively: to represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
maple: a tree of the genus acer, including about fifty species. a. saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the united states, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is a. rubrum; the silver maple, a. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, a. pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. the common maple of europe is a. campestre, the sycamore maple is a. pseudo-platanus, and the norway maple is a. platanoides.
maplike: having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.
maqui: a chilian shrub (aristotelia maqui). its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.
mar: a small lake. see mere.-to make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.-to spoil; to ruin.-a mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
mara: the principal or ruling evil spirit.-a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.-the patagonian cavy (dolichotis patagonicus).
marabou: a large stork of the genus leptoptilos (formerly ciconia), esp. the african species (l. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. the asiatic species (l. dubius, or l. argala) is the adjutant. see adjutant.-one having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.
marabout: a mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
marai: a sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the pacific ocean.
maranatha: "our lord cometh;" -- an expression used by st. paul at the conclusion of his first epistle to the corinthians (xvi. 22). this word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, "may the lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes." see anathema maranatha, under anathema.
maranta: a genus of endogenous plants found in tropical america, and some species also in india. they have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. many kinds are cultivated for ornament.
maraschino: a liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in dalmatia.
marasmus: a wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
maraud: to rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.-an excursion for plundering.
marauder: a rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.
maravedi: a small copper coin of spain, equal to three mils american money, less than a farthing sterling. also, an ancient spanish gold coin.
marble: a massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. the color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. the name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.-a thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the arundel or arundelian marbles; the elgin marbles.-a little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.-made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.-cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.-to stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.
marble-edged: having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.
marbled: of marble-made of, or faced with, marble.-made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble.-varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks.
marbleize: to stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.
marbler: one who works upon marble or other stone.-one who colors or stains in imitation of marble.
marbling: of marble-the art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble.-an intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance.-distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.
marbrinus: a cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries.
marc: the refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.-a weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in different european countries. in france and holland it was equal to eight ounces.-a coin formerly current in england and scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.-a german coin and money of account. see mark.
marcasite: a sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites.
march: the third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.-a territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in english history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between england and scotland, and england and wales.-to border; to be contiguous; to lie side by side.-to move with regular steps, as a soldier; to walk in a grave, deliberate, or stately manner; to advance steadily.-to proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the german army marched into france.-to cause to move with regular steps in the manner of a soldier; to cause to move in military array, or in a body, as troops; to cause to advance in a steady, regular, or stately manner; to cause to go by peremptory command, or by force.-the act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.-hence: measured and regular advance or movement, like that of soldiers moving in order; stately or deliberate walk; steady onward movement.-the distance passed over in marching; as, an hour's march; a march of twenty miles.-a piece of music designed or fitted to accompany and guide the movement of troops; a piece of music in the march form.
marchioness: the wife or the widow of a marquis; a woman who has the rank and dignity of a marquis.
marchpane: a kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar.
marcid: pining; lean; withered.-characterized by emaciation, as a fever.
marcionite: a follower of marcion, a gnostic of the second century, who adopted the oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the creator of the world and of man, and the god of the jewish dispensation.
marcosian: one of a gnostic sect of the second century, so called from marcus, an egyptian, who was reputed to be a margician.
mardi gras: the last day of carnival; shrove tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.
mare: the female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.-sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.
mare's-nest: a supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
mare's-tail: a long streaky cloud, spreading out like a horse's tail, and believed to indicate rain; a cirrus cloud. see cloud.-an aquatic plant of the genus hippuris (h. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.
margarin: a fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin.
margarite: a pearl.-a mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.
margate fish: a sparoid fish (diabasis aurolineatus) of the gulf of mexico, esteemed as a food fish; -- called also red-mouth grunt.
margay: an american wild cat (felis tigrina), ranging from mexico to brazil. it is spotted with black. called also long-tailed cat.
margent: a margin; border; brink; edge.-to enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin.
margin: a border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.-specifically: the part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.-the difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.-something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.-collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.-to furnish with a margin.-to enter in the margin of a page.
marginal: of or pertaining to a margin.-written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.
marginate: having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.-to furnish with a distinct margin; to margin.