Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MAN'AGE, n.

1. Conduct; administration; as, the manage of the state or kingdom. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Government; control, as of a horse, or the exercise of riding him.
3. Discipline; governance; direction. L'Estrange.
4. Use; application or treatment. Quicksilver will not endure the manage of the fire. Bacon. [This word is nearly obsolete in all its applications, unless in reference to horses. We now use management.]