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3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

-- Man"nish*ly (#),adv. --
Man"nish*ness, n.

Man"ni*tan (?), n. [Mannite +
anhydrite.] (Chem.) A white amorphous or
crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of
mannite.

Man"ni*tate (?), n. (Chem.)
A salt of mannitic acid.

Man"nite (?), n. [Cf. F.
mannite.] 1. (Chem.) A white
crystalline substance of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called
manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus
ornus); -- called also mannitol, and hydroxy
hexane. Cf. Dulcite.

2. (Bot.) A sweet white efflorescence
from dried fronds of kelp, especially from those of the Laminaria
saccharina, or devil's apron.

Man*nit"ic (?), a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from,
mannite.

Mannitic acid (Chem.


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