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"Section M, N, and O"


Man"quell`er (?), n. A killer of
men; a manslayer.
[Obs.] Carew.


{ Man"red (?), Man"rent` (?), }
n. Homage or service rendered to a superior,
as to a lord; vassalage.
[Obs. or Scots Law]
Jamieson.


Man"rope` (?), n. (Naut.)
One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship.
Totten.


Man"sard roof" (?). [So called from its inventor,
François Mansard, or Mansart, a distinguished
French architect, who died in 1666.] (Arch.) A hipped
curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower
one being steeper than the upper one.


Manse (?), n. [LL. mansa,
mansus, mansum, a farm, fr. L. manere,
mansum, to stay, dwell. See Mansion, Manor.]
1. A dwelling house, generally with land
attached.


2. The parsonage; a clergyman's house.
[Scot.]


Capital manse, the manor house, or lord's
court.


Man"serv`ant (?), n.


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