Emily Dickinson Lexicon

Manchester, proper n. [Celtic man, place + OE ceaster, Roman town < L. castra, camp.]

City in Great Britain; industrial district in northwestern England; place where cutlery is made; (see ED letters).

mandolin, n. [It.]

Musical instrument of the lute family with four to six strings stretched over a deeply rounded body.

mangle (-s), v. [Du. mangelen, Ger. mangeln, to want.]

Tear or cut in a destructive way; reduce to a less recognizable condition.

mangled, adj. [see mangle, v.]

Torn apart.

manifest, v. [Fr.]

Display; exhibit; reveal.

manifold, adj. [see many, n. and fold, v.] (webplay: wisdom).

1. Numerous.
2. Of diverse kinds.

mankind, n. [OE.]

1. Race of human beings; all people.
2. Humanity; humaneness; that which has human quality.
3. Ordinary human; layman.

manner (-s), n. [OFr < L. manuārius, hand operated.] (webplay: company, customs, form, God, hands, know, mien, moral, obeisance, removing, way).

1. Custom; habitual practice; behavior; conduct.
2. Form; method; style; way of performing or executing.
3. Noise; habitual playtime.
4. Certain degree of measure.
5. Method; form; way.
6. [Fig.] tenements of wonder.

manor, n. [OFr.]

[Fig.] Canaan.

manse, n. [L. mansio, from maneo, to remain, abide.]

Habitation, particularly of someone who belongs to a higher social class.