Dictionary: MANM – MANZ

► MAN-MAD adj. ‘maris appetens’; desirous of a male → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAN-MAN adv. slowly, gradually, little by little → 1892 Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
► MANMANPOUL n. 1. a gullible fool → 20C W. Indies sl.
n. 2. a person who fusses excessively → 20C W. Indies sl.
► MAN-MENDER n.  a ludicrous or contemptuous name for a physician or surgeon → 1641 obs.
► MANMENT n. manure → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAN-MERCER n. one who deals in man’s wear → 1837
► MAN-MERCHANDISE n. slave-dealing → 1788
► MAN-MIDWIFE n. a man assists women in childbirth; an accoucheur → 1625
► MAN-MILLINER n. a man who makes or vends millinery; hence, a man who is busied with trifling occupations or embellishments → 1792 
► MAN-MILLINERY n. a contemptuous term for clothing or apparel (e.g. uniforms, ecclesiastical vestments) to which men devote their attention trivially or unworthily → 1819
► MAN-MINISTER n. a chaplain → 1715 obs.
► MAN MOUNTAIN n. a nickname for a fat person → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MAN-MUCKLE adj. at the full stature of manhood, fully grown → 1812 Sc.
► MAN MUSCLE n. the penis → 1970 African-American sl.
► MANN vb. to manage; to overcome, to get the better of → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAN-MUCKLE adj. full-grown → 1856 Sc.
► MANNA FROM HEAVEN n. in craps: the throw of 11 → 2000 US sl.
► MANNE DIE n. a local hero, esp. in a school or college → 1960 S. Afr. sl.
► MANNER n. 1. reason, cause → 1390 obs.
n. 2. manure; esp. the rich earth from hedge-rows etc. mixed with yard-manure or spread by itself over the field → 1787 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to mock; to mimic → 1820 Sc.
vb. 2. to manure; to prepare land for crops → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to train an animal → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to teach someone manners → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MANNERABLE adj.  well-behaved; polite → 1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MANNERED adj. well-behaved → 1450 obs.
► MANNERHOOD n. ? orderly condition, good order → 1622 obs.
► MANNERING n. 1. training in manners → 1581 obs.
n. 2. manure → 1881 Eng. dial.
n. 3. mimicry, mockery → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MANNERLY adj. 1. seemly, decent, respectable, modest → 1300 obs.
adj. 2. moral, well-conducted → 1400 obs.
adj. 3. somewhat above the average; good → 1854 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. tidy, respectable, fashionable → 1885 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. generous; pleasant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adv. 1. in a seemly manner, decently, becomingly, properly → 1300 obs.
adv. 2. with good manners; politely, courteously → 1519 obs.
adv. 3. morally → 1566 obs.
► MANNERNESS n. moderation → 1382 obs.
► MANNERS n. a bow or curtsey → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to seduce → 1970 Black British sl.
► MANNERSABLE adj. courteous, polite, well-mannered → 1922 Amer. dial.
► MANNERS-BIT n. a portion of a dish left by the guests that the host may not feel himself reproached for insufficient preparation; the last slice or small portion left on a plate or dish → 1829 Eng. dial.
► MANNERS-LIKE adv. in a mannerly way → 1845
► MANNERSLY adj. courteous, polite, well-mannered → 1929 Amer. dial.
► MANNERSOME adj. well-behaved, having good manners → 1876 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► MANNESS n. human nature → 1225 obs.
► MANNET n. a little man → 1630 obs.
► MANNICK n. one who plays tricks → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to play tricks → 1863 Eng. dial.
► MANNIE n. an undersized or little man; a term of contempt; a term of endearment for a small boy → L17 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MANNIKIE n. a very small man or boy → 1899 Sc.
► MANNIKIN adj. dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny → 1840
n. a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy → 1601
► MANNING-PIECE n. a gun → 1834 jocular usage
► MANNINS n. a small man or boy → 1905 Ireland nursery usage (Bk.)
► MANNISH adj. 1. belonging to the human species; characteristic of mankind; human → 888 obs.
adj. 2. manly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 3. of a youth: aping manhood; overbearing; blustering → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 4. bold, forward, impertinent; said of both sexes and of children → 1930 Amer. dial., esp. African-American
n. people; a class of persons → 971 obs.
► MANNITY n. the community of men → 1621 obs.
► MANNO n. a big man → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MANNY adj. clever; used ironically → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. a little man; frequently used as a term of endearment to a little boy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. a Mandrax or methaqualone tablet → 1960 sl.
n. 3. a lesbian → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► MANNY-YOWLER n. a tomcat prowling upon roofs at night → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANO n. a man, used in direct address → 1967 Hispanic-Amer. usage
► MAN O’ DAY! int. an exclamation → 1969 Amer. dial.
► MANOEUVRE n. hand-labour → 1479 obs.
vb. to beckon; to gesticulate → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANOEUVRETY n. age of maturity → 1900 Ireland
► MAN OF AFFAIRS n. a philanderer → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MAN-OF-ALL-WORK n. a servant of all work → 1942 Amer. sl.
► MAN OF BELIAL n. a worthless or evil man; a wicked, depraved person; a murderer → 1429 obs.
► MAN OF BLOOD n. a one who is laden with bloodguiltiness → 1382
► MAN OF BUSINESS n. a lawyer, one who transacts a person’s legal business → 1762 Sc.
► MAN OF CABINETS n. an antiquarian → 1698 obs.
► MAN OF CRAFT n. 1. a person with supernatural or occult skill or power → 1389 obs.
n. 2. a cunning, crafty, or deceitful person → 1681
► MAN OF DEATH n. one worthy to be put to death → 1535 obs.
► A MAN OF HIS HANDS n. a man of valour, skill, or practical ability → 1513 arch.
► MAN OF HIS MIND n. one who thinks and acts for himself, a self-reliant person → 1903 Sc.
► MAN OF IRON n. a strict character → 1878
► MAN OF KENT n. an inhabitant of Kent east of the river Medway → 1787 Eng. dial.
► MAN OF LAW n. a lawyer → 1340 arch.
► MAN OF LEAD n. one who has a recognized leading position → 1793
► MAN OF MANY MORNS n. a procrastinator → 1866 Sc.
► MAN OF MATCH n. a champion → 1640 obs.
► MAN OF MEAN n. 1. a strong or violent man → 1776 Sc.
n. 2. a beggar → 1806 Sc. Eng. dial.
► MAN OF MEN n. a man of supreme excellence → 1594
► MAN OF OFFICE n. an officer or official → 1300
► MAN OF ROME n. the Pope → 1581 obs.
► MAN OF SIN n. the Pope → 1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAN OF SKILL n. in Scottish law: an expert witness → 1710 Sc.
► MAN OF THE CHURCH n. an ecclesiastic → 1523 obs.
► MAN OF THE LONG COAT n. a gentleman of the long robe → 1579 obs.
► MAN OF THE WORLD n. 1. a secular person → 1200 obs.
n. 2. a worldly or irreligious person → 1535
n. 3. a man who is instructed and experienced in the ways of the world and is prepared to accept its conventions → 1778
► MAN-OF-WAR n. a fighting man; a soldier, a warrior → 1449 obs. exc. arch. or jocular usage
► MAN-OF-WAR BIRD n. the albatross → 1657 obs.
► MAN OF WAX n. a smart, clever fellow; a very handsome man; also a term of endearment → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAN O MANISHEWITZ! int. a jocular, mild oath → 1992 US sl.
► MAN ON vb. to incite; to urge → 1839 Eng. dial.
► MAN ON HORSEBACK n. Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MAN ON THE LAND n. a farmer or other rural worker → 1911 Aust. sl.
► MAN ON THE MAKE n. a philanderer → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MAN ON THE MOON n. a spoon → 1998 Brit. rhyming sl.
► MANOR n. 1. a mansion, habitation; a country residence; the principal house of an estate → 1290 obs.
n. 2. the mansion of a lord with the land belonging to it; hence, a landed possession → 1330 obs.
n. 3. an abode or resting-place → 1362 obs.
n. 4. a district designated to a specified police authority → 1924 Brit. sl.
n. 5. the area where you are born, or where you live and/or are well known → 1962 Brit. sl.
► MAN OVERBOARD! int. 1. in dominoes: used for announcing the fact that a player is forced to draw a piece → 1959 US sl.
int. 2. in craps, in American casinos: used for announcing that the dice or a die are off the table → 1985 US sl.
► MAN O’ WAR n. a bore → 1992 Brit. rhyming sl.
► MAN-PERSON n. a male human being; a man → 1867 Amer. dial.
► MAN-POWER vb. to move something by human effort → 1913 Amer. dial.
► MANQUALM n. plague, pestilence → 900 obs.
► MANQUELL vb. to murder → 1548 obs.
► MANQUELLE n. a murderer → 1250 obs.
► MANQUELLER n. 1. a manslayer, a murderer → 1290 obs. exc. arch.
n. 2. an executioner → 1300 obs. exc. arch.
► MANQUELLING n. manslaughter, homicide, murder → 1380 obs.
► MAN-RATE vb. to make a spaceship suitable for manned flight → 1963 
► MANRED n. 1. homage → 1000 obs.
n. 2. carnal intercourse → 1205 obs.
► MANRENT n. homage → 1375 Sc. now Hist.
► MANRITCH adj. of a woman: masculine → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MAN-ROOT n. the penis → 19C sl.
► MANS! int. an exclamation of surprise → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THE MAN’S ACE n. the right-hand man → 1960 Amer. sl.
► MAN’S-BOND n. a slave, a bondsman → 1330 obs.
► MANSCAPING n. the clipping, shaving, shaping of male body hair for aesthetic effect → 2004 US sl.
► MAN’S ENEMY n. the Devil → 1800
► MAN-SHARK n. a labour recruiter; an employment agency → 1920 US sl.
► MANSHIP n. 1. humanity, kindness; courtesy, civility → 1000 obs.
n. 2. homage, worship; honour, dignity → 1175 obs.
n. 3. manly courage, valour; vigour, manliness → 1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. the condition of being a man; a man → 1300 obs.
► MANSIE n. a man → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MANSING n. cursing → 1290 obs.
► MANSION n. 1. a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. → 1340 obs.
n. 2. the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place → 1340 obs.
n. 3. a halting-place in a journey; the distance between two halting-places → 1382 obs.
n. 4. a place where one stays or dwells; a place of abode, an abiding-place → 1386 arch.
n. 5. a separate dwelling-place, lodging, or apartment in a large house or enclosure; chiefly plural → 1400 obs.
vb. to dwell, to reside → 1638 obs.
► MANSIONARY adj. staying or dwelling in a place, permanently abiding, resident → 1447 obs.
► MANSION-HOUSE n. a dwelling-house, a house in which a person resides → 1533 obs.
► MANSION-PLACE n. a dwelling-place, place of abode; the chief seat of a landed proprietor → 1473 obs.
► MANSION-SEAT n. a place of abode; a dwelling-place → 1618 obs.
► MAN-SIZE adj. difficult → 1945 US sl.
► MAN-SIZED ORDER n. a large glass or drink of liquor → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MAN’S KIND n. mankind → 1300 obs.
► MANSLAUGHT n. 1. manslaughter, murder, homicide → 897 obs.
n. 2. a murderer → 1300 obs.
► MANSLAUGHTEROUS adj. inclined for manslaughter → 1883
► MANSLAYER n. 1. one who kills a man; a homicide; a murderer; occasionally, one who commits manslaughter → 1300
n. 2. an executioner → 1380 obs.
► MAN-SLAYING n. the act of killing a man; homicide; murder → 1380
► MAN’S MAN n. 1. a gypsy → 17C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a virile male → 20C US colloq.
n. 3. a homosexual male → 20C US sl.
n. 4. a police informer → 1972 US sl.
► MAN’S MEAT n. 1. food for men → 1475 obs.
n. 2. a suitable sexual partner for a man → 1576 obs.
► MAN’S NATION n. human kind → 1390 obs.
► MANSON LAMPS n. a look full of hate; a murderous look → 1999 US sl.
► MAN’S QUELLER n. an executioner → 1450 obs.
► MAN-STOPPER n. a gun → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► MAN-STY n. a dwelling-house or hut unfit for human habitation → 1799
► MANSUEFACTION n. a taming or making gentle → 1727
► MANSUEFY vb. to tame → 1623 obs.
► MANSUETE adj. gentle, mild; tame, not wild or fierce → 1374 obs. or arch.
► MANSUETELY adv. gently, mildly → 1460 obs.
► MANSUETIE n. gentleness, meekness → 1592 obs.
► MANSUETUDE n. gentleness, meekness → 1386 arch.
► MANSWEAR n. a perjurer → 971 obs.
vb. to swear falsely; to perjure oneself → 1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MANSWEARING n. perjury → 1440 obs.
► MANSWORN adj. forsworn, perjured → 1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. perjury → 1456 obs.
► MANT n. a stutter; a stammer; an impediment in the speech → 1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. to stammer → 1562 Sc.
► MANTALINI n. a male milliner → M19 sl.
► MANTAN BLACK n. a Black person who acts like a Caucasian → M20 African-American sl., derogatory
► MANTEAU n. 1. a cloak or gown → 1678 obs. exc. Hist.
n. 2. the plumage of a falcon → 1852
► MANTEAU-MAKER n. one who makes women’s robes; a dressmaker → 1699 obs.
► MANTECA n. heroin → 2003 drug culture sl.
► MANTEE adj. of a lesbian: very masculine in appearance or behaviour; given to taking the active role in copulation → 1936 Amer. homosexual sl.
n. a masculine lesbian → 1930 sl.
► MAN TEEF n. a woman who steals another’s man → 2002 Brit. sl.
► MANTEE VOICE n. a deep voice → 1930 sl.
► MANTEE WALK vb. to swagger → 1930 sl.
► MANTER n. a stammerer → 1585 Sc.
► MAN, THAT’S A LICK! int. said of a sudden pain caused by a hard blow on the chest → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MANTHER n. kind, variety → 1867 Eng. dial.
► MAN-THEWS n. human customs, manners → 1250 obs.
► MAN THOMAS n. the penis → E17 sl.
► MANTHRAX n. unfaithful men → 2002 US sl.
► MANTIC adj. pert. to divination or prophecy → 1850
n. the art or science of divination → 1891
► MANTICAL adj. pert. to divination or prophecy → 1588
► MANTICISM n. the practice of divination → 1861
► MANTICKS n. pranks, antics → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANTICULATE vb. to do a thing closely, as to pick a purse; to steal → 1656 obs.
► MANTICULATION n. cunning or deceitful conveyance → 1623 obs.
► MANTIE n. the act of giving the lie → 1578 Sc. obs.
► MAN-TIGER n. a man resembling a tiger in ferocity → 1652
► MANTING adj. stammering, stuttering → 1789 Sc.
n. stuttering; stumbling → 1706 Sc.
► MANTINIMENT n. maintenance → 1588 obs.
► MANTLE n. 1. a measure of quantity of furs, containing from 30 to 100 skins according to size → 1473 obs.
n. 2. the foam that covers the surface of liquor → 1601 obs.
n. 3. the green vegetable coating on standing water → 1605 obs.
n. 4. a coarse apron; a working-apron of large size → 1893 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. of liquids: to be or become covered with a coating or scum → 1626
vb. 2. to ‘bubble’ with desire → 1657 obs. 
vb. 3. to embrace kindly → 1674 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. of the face: to be suffused with glowing colour; to flush → 1707
vb. 5. to ape the fine lady; to go about angrily → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANTLEMAN n. one of the poor Irish of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries whose clothing consisted of a single ‘mantle’ or ‘plaid’ → 1633 obs.
► MANTLER n. one of the poor Irish of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries whose clothing consisted of a single ‘mantle’ or ‘plaid’ → 1653 obs.
► MANTLING adj. 1. eagerly desiring → 1657 obs.
adj. 2. of the cheeks: becoming suffused with heightened colour → 1707
adj. 3. of commanding aspect → 1875 Eng. dial.
n. a blush or suffusion of colour produced by emotion → 1865
► MANTO n. 1. women, girls → 1990 rhyming sl. for ‘fanny’ (Mantovani) 
n. 2. a condom → 2003 S. Afr. teen sl.
► MANTOLOGIST n. one skilled in divination; a diviner, a prophet → 1864
► MANTOLOGY n. the art or practice of divination → 1774 obs.
► MANTOVANI n. women, girls → 1990 rhyming sl. for ‘fanny’
► MAN-TRADE n. the slave-trade → 1760
► MAN-TRAP n. 1. a woman seeking a husband; a widow → 18C sl.
n. 2. the female genitals; the vagina → L18 sl.
n. 3. the gallows → L18 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 4. a piece of excrement → L19 rhyming sl. for ‘crap’
n. 5. a public house → L19 rhyming sl. for ‘crap’
► MANTUA n. a loose gown worn by women in the 17th-18th centuries → 1678
► MANTUA-MAKER n. one who makes mantuas; later, a dressmaker → 1694 obs. exc. Hist.
► MANTY n. a gown; the material of which the gown is made → 1818 Sc.
► MANTY-COAT n. a lady’s loose coat → 1844 Sc.
► MANTY-MAKER n. a dressmaker → 1787 Sc.
► MANTY-MAKER’S STIR n. a stir given to the teapot to improve poor tea → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANTY-MAKING n. dressmaking → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANUABLE adj. that may be handled easily → 1594 obs.
► MANUAL COMPLIMENT n. a blow → M18 sl.
► MANUAL EXERCISES n. masturbation → 20C military sl.
► MANUALIST n. 1. one who works or labours with the hands → 1592 obs.
n. 2. a juggler → 1861
n. 3. one who compiles a manual or handbook → 1897
n. 4. one who uses or advocates the use of the manual method of teaching the deaf → 1902
► MANUALIZATION n. the act of using the hands → 1887
► MANUAL LABOUR n. masturbation → 1990 sl.
► MANUAL REMONSTRANCE n. a blow → M18 sl.
► MANUAL SUBSCRIPTION n. a blow → M18 sl.
► MANUARY adj. pert. to the hand; performed by or with the hands → 1576 obs.
n. 1. manual work, handicraft trade → 1581 obs.
n. 2. one who works with his hands → 1581 obs.
n. 3.a factory → 1625 obs.
► MANUBIAL adj. belonging to or having reference to the spoils of war → 1674 obs.
► MANUBIARY adj. pert. to the spoils of war → 1658 obs.
n. 1. the trade of plunder → 1616 obs.
n. 2. one who lives by plunder → 1623 obs.
► MANUBRIUM n. a handle or haft → 1660 obs.
► MANUDUCE n. to lead, to guide, to direct → 1657 obs.
► MANUDUCENT adj. guiding, directing → 1677 obs.
n. a guide, a director → 1615 obs.
► MANUDUCT vb. to lead or guide by the hand → 1641 obs.
► MANUDUCTION n. the act of leading, guiding, or introducing; guidance, introduction, direction → 1502
► MANUDUCTIVE adj. that leads by the hand → 1626 obs.
► MANUDUCTOR n. 1. a guide, a director → 1657 obs.
n. 2. the conductor of a band or choir → 1785 obs.
► MANUDUCTORY adj. leading by or as by the hand; that leads up to or towards → 1694
► MANUENSIS n.  an amanuensis; a literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts → 1720
► MANUFACT adj. made with hands → 1539 obs.
n. the act of manufacturing; manufacture → 1690 obs.
► MANUFACTION n. manufacture → 1602 obs.
► MANUFACTOR n. a manufacturer or artificer → 1649 obs.
► MANUFACTORY adj. pert. to manufacture; engaged in manufacture → 1630 obs.
n. 1. the production of manufactured goods → 1618 obs.
n. 2. something that is produced by labour → 1618 obs.
n. 3. a factory or workshop → 1692
► MANUFACTURAGE n. manufacture → 1665 obs.
► MANUFACTURE n. 1. a product of hand-labour; a person’s handiwork → 1567 obs.
n. 2. the act or process of making by hand → 1605 obs.
n. 3. working with the hands; a manual occupation, handicraft → 1625 obs.
n. 4. a manufacturing establishment or business; a factory → 1653 obs.
► MANUFACTURED adj. of a speech, literary work, etc.: produced in a mechanical way, with little or no creativity, imagination, or originality → 1766 
► MANUFACTURER n. an artificer, an operative in a factory or workshop → 1719 obs.
► MANUFACTURESS n. a female manufacturer, or the wife of a manufacturer → 1822
► MANUMISABLE adj. capable of being released from a burden or obligation → 1773 obs.
► MANUMISE vb. to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free → 1523 obs.
► MANUMISS n. a freed slave → 1658 obs.
vb. to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free → 1523 obs.
► MANUMISSION n. formal release from slavery or servitude; an or instance of this → 1432 obs. exc. Hist.
► MANUMIT n. a freed bondman → 1615 obs.
vb. 1. to release from slavery; to release from bondage or servitude; to set free → 1432
vb. 2. to graduate or defer a degree upon → 1607 Sc. obs.
► MANUMOTIVE adj. of a vehicle: propelled by mechanism worked by hand → 1831
► MANUMOTOR n. a carriage propelled by mechanism worked by hand → 1844
► MANUPORTER n. one who carries by strength of hand → 1688 obs.
► THE MAN UPSTAIRS n. God → 1940
► MANURANCE n. 1. cultivation of land; tillage; manuring → 1572 obs.
n. 2. cultivation or training of the character or faculties → 1594 obs.
► MANURE n. nonsense → 1920 Can. & US sl.
vb. 1. to till, to cultivate land → 1400 obs.
vb. 2. to work upon with the hand; to work up → 1431 obs.
vb. 3. to cultivate or train the body or mind → 1540 obs.
vb. 4. to manoeuvre a ship → 1569 obs.
vb. 5. to inhabit a place → 1595 obs.
vb. 6. to cultivate, train or rear a plant → 1632 obs.
► MANUREMENT n. cultivation → 1639 obs.
► MANUSCRIBE vb. to write with one’s own hand → 1649 obs.
► MANUSCRIPT adj. written by hand, not printed → 1597
n. a person’s handwriting → 1849
► MANUSCRIPTION n. the act of writing by hand; that which is written by hand; a written inscription → 1800
► MANUSCRIPTOR n. the writer of a manuscript → 1698 obs.
► MANUSCULPT n. an inscription carved or engraved by hand → 1859
► MANUSCULPTURE n. carving or engraving by hand → 1704 obs.
► MANUSTUPRATION n. masturbation → 1832
► MANUTENENCY n. the act of holding in the hand or upholding; support, maintenance → 1633 obs.
► MANUTENTION n. 1. the act of upholding or maintaining; maintenance → 1603 obs.
n. 2. the act of holding by the hand → 1854
► MANU-TRACT n. – what is traced by hand → 1660 obs
► MAN WALKING phr. a signal that a prison officer is approaching → 2000 US prison sl.
► MAN-WEEAN n. a woman fond of men; a masculine woman → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAN WITH A PAPER ASS n. an insignificant man → 2009 African-American sl., potentially offensive
► THE MAN WITH THE BRASS KNACKERS n. the boss → 2002 Can. sl. (Bk.)
► MAN WITH THE MINTIES n. a racing tipster → 1930 Aust. sl.
► MAN-WOMAN n. 1. a hermaphrodite → 1587 obs.
n. 2. one who combines the virtues of both sexes → 1889
n. 3. a mannish woman → 1894
► MAN-WOOD adj. ‘man-mad’; madly desirous of a man → 1579 obs.
► MAN-WORTH n. the price or value of a man’s life → 1670 obs.
► MANX adj. pert. to the Isle of Man, its inhabitants, language, etc. → 1572
n. the people of the Isle of Man → 1688
► MANXMAN n. a native of the Isle of Man → 1702
► MANX PUFFIN n. a native of the Isle of Man → 1934 humorous usage
► THE MANY n. the great body of people; the multitude → 1526
► MANY-A-BIT n. a long time → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANY-A-MANY adj. very many → 1804 Sc.
► MANY A TIME AND OFT adv. on many occasions, in many instances, often, frequently → 1760
► MANY-A-WHERE adv. in many places → 1798 Sc.
► MANY-A-WHILE n. a long time → 1879 Eng. dial.
► MANY FECK n. a great number → 1794 Sc.
► MANY-FEET n. 1. a cephalopod having eight or ten arms or tentacles, as an octopus or a cuttle-fish → 1601 obs.
n. 2. a general name for earwigs, woodlice, etc.; the centipede → 1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 3. the creeping crowfoot, Ranunculus repens → 19C Eng. dial.
► MANYFULL adj. abundant → 1440 obs.
► MANYGATE(S) adv. in many ways → 1375 obs.
► MANY HAPPY RETURNS phr. said when someone belches → 19C sl.
► MANY-HEARTED adj. soft-hearted → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANYHEDE n. multitude → 1300 obs.
► MANYIE vb. to maim → 1400 Sc. obs.
► MANYKIN adj. of many kinds → 900 obs.
► MANYKINS adj. of many kinds → 900 obs.
► MANYMENT n. management → 1567 Sc. obs.
► MANYNESS n. plurality, numerosity → 1609
► MANYPLIES n. the stomach of a man → 1833 jocular usage, chiefly Eng. dial. 
► MANY-WHAT n. many things → 1200 obs.
► MANY-WHERE adv. in many places → 1300
► MANZY n. a crowd, a throng, a multitude; a number; used both of persons and things → 1598 Sc. & Eng. dial.