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(Dyeing)
The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal
tissue, as silk or wool, not by coloring matter, but by producing a
certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric
acid. Tomlinson.

Man`da*rin"ism (?), n. A
government mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.
F. Lieder.

Man"da*ta*ry (?), n. [L. mandatarius,
fr. mandatum a charge, commission, order: cf. F.
mandataire. See Mandate.] 1. One
to whom a command or charge is given; hence, specifically, a person
to whom the pope has, by his prerogative, given a mandate or order
for his benefice. Ayliffe.

2. (Law) One who undertakes to
discharge a specific business commission; a mandatory.
Wharton.

Man"date (?), n. [L. mandatum,
fr. mandare to commit to one's charge, order, orig., to put
into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf. F.
mandat. See Manual, Date a time, and cf.
Commend, Maundy Thursday.

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