1000000031

!vi

A R

and Sicily, fometimes in fmall granules, or drops of an MANURE, any thing uCed for fattening .nd improving

irregular tigu'"e, roundiflt. oblong, crooked,

lnd

fome ·

land. Sec

.'\CR.ICVLTURE,

p. 47.

times contoned .

01O\1ld be chofen whitifh, or

ttt

MANUSCRIP

mattersofliteratlJre , denotes a writ ..

the

utmorl

with only a faint

can

of yellow, not

lOO

ten book, in

COntradltliné'tioD tO

a printtd one. See

heavy, in regular dry granules, or in moderately long

B OO K.

/lri., or fi lkes, of a pleafant tafle, and ddfolving whol·

M .~P,

a plain figure, repreCenting ,he Curface of the

in the mouth, nOI leaving a farinacious (ubUance be·

tan",

or a

pan therear.

a· cording to the:: laws of per.,

hind

¡t,

as much of lhe

COOlmon

manna does [hat has

fpeétive. See

GEOGRAPHY.

becn aduherated \Vith honey .nd fiour.

MAPLE, in botaoy. See ActR.

M. nnaisthe mildeflaodl'feflofall purges, and O1ay

JlIAPPARLUS, in Roman antiqui,y, the ollicer who

be given

children, to women with child

~nd

peo~

gave the fignal to the gladiatars tO begin tighdng;

pie of ,he mo(\ tender conflilU,ions, \Vith perfeél f.rety;

which he did by throlVing an handkerchief ,hat he had

and it never fails gendy to move (he bowels.

receivcd from the emperor or orher magiOrate.

MANOR, ao ancicot royalty or lord/hip, formerly called M,\RANTA, io botany, a gcnuS of the monandria .noo

a barony, conlifhng ofdemefnes, Cervices. and a court-

nogynía claCs.

The corolla is riogent; and confins of

b¡m.

lo; and comprehendiog io

melfuages. lands,

five Cegments. There are two fpecies) none of them

mearlow, pafiure, wood, reolS. 3n advowfon,

Ce.

natir'C:s of Ilritain.

may contain one or more vill"8" or I"mlets, or only MARASMUS, among phyfieians, denotes an atrophy

a great par! of a village,

&c.

or eonCumplion, in its larl aod mort deplorable flage.

MANS, the capital of the territory of "faioe, 'io the MARHLE in natural hiflory, a genu, of fonils; being

provioee of Orleanois in Fraoce : E. loog. S', N lat.

bright .od beautiful flooes . compoCed of fmall Cepa.

48°

.....ra. te concrctionl modc:rately hard, nal giving 6re with

MANSFIELD, a city of Germany, the capital of.

'~ Iteel,

ferment ing \Vi,h

and~lubl.

in acid menllrua,

county of the rame oame, in the cirele of Uppcr

Sax·

and calcíning io

fllght 6re.

any: E . loog.

11 0

4S'. N.lat.

p o

36'.

T lle colou" of marbles beiog

very obviou••nd

MANSION, iD

I.IV

, i. ,he chief dwelliog houCe of o lord

/lrikinf eh. roéler. they are arraoged according to them

within his fee. ar the capital mdfuage or maoor·houre.

in (he followinp. divlfions.

Of IRe white plain

MANSLAUGHTER. generally termed homicide,

¡.

marbks there are '\Vo

Cor.. ;

the Parian marble ofthe

kiJlmg a pe! fon without permedita'ed malice.

ancit:nts, and íbtuary marble

of'

the IJoderns.

;&0

ex·

MANTELETS, in the art of \Var, a kiod of moveable

tremely brighl aod elegant m. rble; and ,he Carar.

parapets, made of planks about three ¡oches thick, nail·

marbJe, a very fioe marble, more compaét aod doCe

cd ooe over anotber, tO the height of .Imoa fi" feet,

thao ,he former, bu, lers brighr.

Of the plain ye!.

generally caCed \Vi,h tio. and fet upon Jittle wheels,

lowifh m.rbles ,here is only one COrto which is a bard,

that iD o fiege ,hey may be driven before ,he pioneen,

pale yellow, and glo([y marble, fouod in many parts of

and Ccrve as blindo to Otdter them from ,he eDemy',

1taly. ;. Of the bluifh

~nd

black marble. there a.e

fmall fhot .

• great many fpecie.,

the Chi'n marble, baCahe.,

&(0

MANTLE, or MANTLE ·TR", in architeélure, the

Of ,he ploio green marbles there is onlyone kind,

th~

lower part of the chimney, or that piece of limber

LacedeAlonian míl rb:e of the ancienta.

The pJe

which is

I.id

acrofs the jaumb., and fuflaios the como

coloured or \Vhitifh browo, commonly caUed O..by.

partment of ,he chimney pieee

marille.

Thegreeo marbles 'l'ith fhells

T~e bl~ck

MANTLE, or MANTLI"" in heraldry, that appearaoce

co..Uoide marble, wi,haod without fhell. . 8. o r Ihe

of folding of cloth. flouriOting, or drapery. that is in

white varicgated marbles there are a great maoy fpecies,

any atchievemeot drawn about the coat of arms.

variegated with purple, brown, red. blue.

9. Of

fuppoCed origin,:Jy to be the repreCeotalton of a manlle,

the bro\Vn variegated marble, there are likewiCe Ceveral

or milítary habit, woro by the ancient c.waliers over

forts .

fOOle

with red veíns, others with white, black, or

.heír armour tO preferve

from run

or, as others

bl'uwn veíns.

Of the yel1ow.veined and varicga-

hold, a fllortcovcring only worn over the helmct, which

ted

nl~rbles,

fome i4re veined

warh

purple. and others

in afler·times was lengtheoed, aod made to haog from

\Vilh blue.

11.

Of the black variegated marble.,

the hdmet below the whole fhielo . See Plate CX.

fome are veined with white, aod olhers wi,h blue, yel.

r.g ..

low, red,

12 .

The green variegated marbles are

MANTUA, the capital of.J duehy of the fame name in

likewire diOiogu;Oted by the colour of their veios.

Italy,

filUared in ,he mlddle of. lake, formed by Ihe

13.

The gray fpotted marble. are varicgated, fome

river Mincio, bOl has

communication with lhe con.

with bJack, and othen with greco fpot!. 14. The

,ioent by three caufeways: E. loog.

11 0

IS' , N. lat,

red variegaterl marblc is the brocattllo of the

ltali.os,

20'

with white flod gold "rins.

M i\NUMISSION, in Roman aot;quilY, the aél of feto

r;.'."r¡"g

of MARBL!. The colouriog of

m~rblc.

is •

ing

O,lve at lihen y;

wh'ch

was u'u

ll1y

performed be.

nice art; and ln arder to fucceed in

it ,

the plcces of

fore the píxt or who ¡"id his v. ;md ciillcd vindléta, on

marble on which the experiments are tried mufi be

th·. O-ve'. h"rl and decl,«d him free

well poliOt<d, and ckar from the lean fpot or vein.

I\1 r1NUF ·\ CTUR F.R. on \Vh \Vork. up a nalural proo

The h1rrler ,he marble is, the better it \ViII b••

,he

~uél

¡otO

an artifiCial commodil)',

pca10cccffary in

Ibe

operation; therelore alab.ller,

acd