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_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
3. _In manrent_, under engagement to support a superior.
_Acts Ja. II._
A. S. _manred_, id.; _man-raedene_, va.s.sals; from _man_, and _raeden_, law, state.
MANRITCH, _adj._ Masculine. _A manritch qweyn_, a masculine woman, S. B.
From _man_, and A. S. _ric_, expressive of abundance in any quality.
MANSE, _s._ The parsonage-house, S.
L. B. _mansus_, id.
_Erskine._
_To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v. a._ to perjure, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _manswer-ian_, id., from _man_, scelus, and _swer-ian_, to swear.
~Manswearing~, _s._ Perjury, S.
_Douglas._
MANSWETE, _adj._ Meek, Lat. _mansuetus_.
_Douglas._
_To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._
1. To stutter, S.
_Z. Boyd._
2. Applied to rough unpolished verse.
_Polwart._
3. As _v. a._ denoting the indistinct mumbling of the Romish litany.
_Bannatyne Poems._
C. B. Ir. _mantach_, a stutterer.
_To_ MANTEME, _v. a._ To possess.
_Douglas._
MANTILLIS, _s. pl._ Large s.h.i.+elds used as a covert for archers; Fr.
_mantelet_.
_Complaynt S._
MAPAMOUND, _s._ A map of the world.
_Douglas._
Fr. _mappemond_, L. B. _mappa mundi_.
MAR, _adj._ More.
V. ~Mare~.
MAR, _s._ Hindrance.
_Wallace._
A. S. _mar_, d.a.m.num.
MARBEL, _adj._ Feeble, inactive, Loth.
C. B. _marwaawl_, deadening; Gael. _meirble_, slow, weak; _marble_, heavy, benumbed.
MARBLE BOWLS, MARBLES, _s. pl._ The play among children in E. called _taw_, S.
MARBYR, _s._ Marble.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _marbre_.
