n. [ L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb. mān; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven). ] 1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also manna lichen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and Fraxinus rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna, that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of eucalyptus; Briançon manna, that of the European larch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect (Gossyparia mannipara), which causes the exudation of manna from the Tamarix tree in Arabia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.), A South Mediterranean ash (Fraxinus ornus) having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna.
Syn. -- flowering ash, Fraxinus ornus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ Manna + Russ. & Pol. krupa groats, grits. ] 1. The portions of hard wheat kernels not ground into flour by the millstones: a kind of semolina prepared in Russia and used for puddings, soups, etc. -- called also manna groats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The husked grains of manna grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.), Any of several tall slender grasses of the genus Glyceria. They have long loose panicles, have a sweet flavor or odor, and grow in moist places. Nerved manna grass is Glyceria nervata, and Floating manna grass is Glyceria fluitans. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.), A tall tree (Eucalyptus viminalis) yielding a false manna. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Any of several Old World semicrustaceous or shrubby lecanoras that roll up and are blown about over African and Arabian deserts and used as food by people and animals; same as manna{ 2 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. Having a crew; -- of vehicles; as, a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step; to minimize casualties, the military used cruise missiles rather than manned aircraft for the bombardment. Opposite of unmanned. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- fashion model, model. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display clothes, especially in retail stores and in window displays; a dummy. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- manikin, mannikin, manakin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. A model of a human form used by tailors to help make clothing of the proper shape. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. manere, F. manière, from OF. manier, adj., manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL. manarius, for L. manuarius belonging to the hand, fr. manus the hand. See Manual. ] 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land. 2 Kings xvii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful, manner. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Specifically: (a) Customary method of acting; habit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them. Acts xvii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Air and manner are more expressive than words. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, mind your manners!. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bread is in a manner common. 1 Sam. xxi.5. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, all manners of people came to the rally. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him. Luke 8: 25.

Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs. Luke xi. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

I bid thee say,
What manner of man art thou? Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when employed in this sense. “A manner Latin corrupt was her speech.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

By any manner of means, in any way possible; by any sort of means. --
To be taken in the manner or
To be taken with the manner. [ A corruption of to be taken in the mainor. See Mainor. ] To be taken in the very act. [ Obs. ] See Mainor. --
To make one's manners, to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation. --
Manners bit, a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners. Hallwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See Method. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self; as, a well-mannered child. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give her princely training, that she may be
Mannered as she is born. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

His style is in some degree mannered and confined. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]