(Copper Metal.) A process by which copper matte is treated by passing through it a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the Bessemer process for decarbonizing cast iron. So called from Pierre Manhès, a French metallurgist, who invented it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [ R. ] Thackeray.

n. See Menhaden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. -handled p. pr. & vb. n. -handling ] 1. To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. (U. S. History) A former US agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Manhood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Man- + -hood. ] 1. The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manly quality; virility; courage; bravery; resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am ashamed
That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The genitalia of a male human. [ PJC ]

4. The condition of being a human being. [ PJC ]

n. def>An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Absence or lack of manhood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Womanhood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps the smile and the tender tone
Came out of her pitying womanhood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Women, collectively; womankind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [ R. ] Thackeray.

n. See Menhaden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. -handled p. pr. & vb. n. -handling ] 1. To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. (U. S. History) A former US agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Manhood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Copper Metal.) A process by which copper matte is treated by passing through it a blast of air, to oxidize and remove sulphur. It is analogous in apparatus to the Bessemer process for decarbonizing cast iron. So called from Pierre Manhès, a French metallurgist, who invented it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Man- + -hood. ] 1. The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manly quality; virility; courage; bravery; resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am ashamed
That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The genitalia of a male human. [ PJC ]

4. The condition of being a human being. [ PJC ]

n. def>An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Absence or lack of manhood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Womanhood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps the smile and the tender tone
Came out of her pitying womanhood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Women, collectively; womankind. [ 1913 Webster ]