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2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. Burrill.
Manor house, or Manor seat, the house belonging to a manor.
Ma*no"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a manor. " Manorial claims." Paley.
Man"o*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?; thin, rare + -scope.] Same as Manometer.
Ma*nos"co*py (?), n. The science of the determination of the density of vapors and gases.
Ma*no"ver*y (?), n. [See Maneuver.] (Eng. Law) A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.
Man"quell`er (?), n. A killer of men; a manslayer. [Obs.] Carew.
{ Man"red (?), Man"rent` (?), } n. Homage or service rendered to a superior, as to a lord; vassalage. [Obs. or Scots Law] Jamieson.
Man"rope` (?), n. (Naut.) One of the side ropes to the gangway of a ship. Totten.
Man"sard roof" (?). [So called from its inventor, François Mansard, or Mansart, a distinguished French architect, who died in 1666.] (Arch.) A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.
Manse (?), n. [LL. mansa, mansus, mansum, a farm, fr. L. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell. See Mansion, Manor.] 1. A dwelling house, generally with land attached.
2. The parsonage; a clergyman's house. [Scot.]
Capital manse, the manor house, or lord's court.
Man"serv`ant (?), n. A male servant.
Man"sion (?), n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. &?;. Cf. Manse, Manor, Menagerie, Menial, Permanent.] 1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obs.]
In my Father's house are many mansions.
John xiv. 2.
These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep.
Den&?;am.
2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8. Chaucer.
4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obs.]
The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon.
Chaucer.
Mansion house, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. Blackstone.
Man"sion, v. i. To dwell; to reside. [Obs.] Mede.
Man"sion*a*ry (?), a. Resident; residentiary; as, mansionary canons.
Man"sion*ry (?), n. The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy as a dwelling place. [Obs.] Shak.
Man"slaugh`ter (?), n. 1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton.
2. (Law) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.
Man"slay`er (?), n. One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
Man"steal`er (?), n. A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings.
Man"steal`ing, n. The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e&?;slave them.
Man"suete (?), a. [L. mansuetus, p. p. of mansuescere to tame; manus hand + suescere to accustom: cf. F. mansuet.] Tame; gentle; kind. [Obs.] Ray.
Man"sue*tude (?), n. [L. mansuetudo: cf. F. mansuétude.] Tameness; gentleness; mildness. [Archaic]
Man"swear` (?), v. i. To swear falsely. Same as Mainswear.
||Man"ta (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) See Cephaloptera and ||Sea devil.
Mant*choo" (?), a. & n. Same as Manchu.
||Man`teau" (?), n.; pl. F. Manteaux (#), E. Manteaus (#). [F. See ||Mantle, n.] 1. A woman's cloak or mantle.
2. A gown worn by women. [Obs.]
Man"tel (?), n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de cheminée. See Mantle.] (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. [Written also mantle.]
Man"tel*et (?), n. [F., dim. of manteau, OF. mantel. See Mantle.] 1. (a) A short cloak formerly worn by knights. (b) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging.
Chaucer.
2. (Fort.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.
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Man"tel*piece` (?), n. Same as Mantel.
Man"tel*shelf` (?), n. The shelf of a mantel.
Man"tel*tree` (?), n. (Arch.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.
Man"tic (?), a. [Gr. &?; prophetic.] Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic. [R.] "Mantic fury." Trench.
Man*til"la (?), n. [Sp. See Mantle.] 1. A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.
2. A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.
||Man"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a prophet.] (Zoöl.) Any one of ||numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus ||Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender ||grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a ||manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species ||is M. Carolina.
Mantis shrimp. (Zoöl.) See Sguilla.
Man*tis"pid (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.
Man*tis*sa (?), n. [L., an addition, makeweight; of Tuscan origin.] (Math.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.
Man"tle (?), n. [OE. mantel, OF. mantel, F. manteau, fr. L. mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. mantele, mantile, towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the root of tela cloth. See Manual, Textile, and cf. Mandil, Mantel, Mantilla.]
1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
[The] children are clothed with mantles of satin.
Bacon.
The green mantle of the standing pool.
Shak.
Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree.
Burns.
2. (Her.) Same as Mantling.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus. (b) Any free, outer membrane. (c) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
4. (Arch.) A mantel. See Mantel.
5. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth. Raymond.
6. (Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel.
Man"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mantled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mantling (?).] To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise. Shak.
Man"tle, v. i. 1. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
Ne is there hawk which mantleth on her perch.
Spenser.
Or tend his sparhawk mantling in her mew.
Bp. Hall.
My frail fancy fed with full delight. Doth bathe in bliss, and mantleth most at ease.
Spenser.
2. To spread out; -- said of wings.
The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows.
Milton.
3. To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
Though mantled in her cheek the blood.
Sir W. Scott.
4. To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
There is a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond.
Shak.
Nor bowl of wassail mantle warm.
Tennyson.
Man"tlet (?), n. See Mantelet.
Man"tling (?), n. (Her.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.
Man"to (?), n. [It. or Sp. manto, abbrev., from L. mantelum. See Mantle.] See Manteau. [Obs.] Bailey.
Man*tol"o*gist (?), n. One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner. [R.]
Man*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; prophet + -logy.] The act or art of divination. [R.]
||Man"tra (?), n. [Skr.] A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; ||a charm. [India]
Among the Hindoos each caste and tribe has a mantra peculiar to itself; as, the mantra of the Brahmans. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Man"trap` (?), n. 1. A trap for catching trespassers. [Eng.]
2. A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.
Man"tu*a (?), n. 1. A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. [Obs.] Beck (Draper's Dict.).
2. A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown. [Obs.]
Man"tu*a*mak`er (?), n. One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.
Man"tu*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Mantua. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Mantua.
||Ma"nu (?), n. [Skr.] (Hind. Myth.) One of a series of progenitors of ||human beings, and authors of human wisdom.
Man"u*al (mn"*al), a. [OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. mündel a ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain, Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manure, Mound a hill.] Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual. "Manual and ocular examination." Tatham.
Manual alphabet. See Dactylology. -- Manual exercise (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms. -- Seal manual, the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring. -- Sign manual. See under Sign.
Man"u*al (?), n. [Cf. F. manuel, LL. manuale. See Manual, a.] 1. A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.
This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws.
Sir M. Hale.
2. (Mus.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
3. (Mil.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).
Man"u*al*ist, n. One who works with the hands; an artificer.
Man"u*al*ly, adv. By hand.
Man"u*a*ry (?), a. [L. manuarius, fr. manus hand.] Manual. -- n. An artificer. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Ma*nu"bi*al (?), a. [L. manubialis, fr. manubiae money obtained from the sale of booty, booty.] Belonging to spoils; taken in war. [Obs.] Bailey.
Ma*nu"bri*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a manubrium; shaped like a manubrium; handlelike.
||Ma*nu"bri*um (?), n.; pl. L. Manubria (#), E. Manubriums (#). [L., ||handle, fr. manus hand.]
1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.
2. (Zoöl.) The proboscis of a jellyfish; -- called also hypostoma. See Illust. of Hydromedusa.
Man"u*code (?), n. [Javanese manukdewata the bird of the gods: cf. F. manucode.] (Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Manucodia, of Australia and New Guinea. They are related to the bird of paradise.
Man`u*du"cent (?), n. One who leads by the hand; a manuductor. [Obs.]
Man`u*duc"tion (?), n. [L. manus hand + ductio a leading, ducere to lead: cf. F. manuduction.] Guidance by the hand. [Obs.] Glanvill. South.
Man`u*duc"tor (?), n. [L. manus the hand + ductor a leader, ducere to lead: cf. F. manuducteur.] (Mus.) A conductor; an officer in the ancient church who gave the signal for the choir to sing, and who beat time with the hand, and regulated the music. Moore (Encyc. of Music.)
Man`u*fac"to*ry (?), n.; pl. -ries (#). [Cf. L. factorium an oil press, prop., place where something is made. See Manufacture.] 1. Manufacture. [Obs.]
2. A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.
Man`u*fac"to*ry, a. Pertaining to manufacturing.
Man`u*fac"tur*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to manufactures. [R.]
Man`u*fac"ture (?), n. [L. manus the hand + factura a making, fr. facere to make: cf. F. manufacture. See Manual, and Fact.] 1. The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.
2. Anything made from raw materials by the hand, by machinery, or by art, as cloths, iron utensils, shoes, machinery, saddlery, etc.
Man`u*fac"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manufactured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Manufacturing.] [Cf. F. manufacturer.] 1. To make (wares or other products) by hand, by machinery, or by other agency; as, to manufacture cloth, nails, glass, etc.
2. To work, as raw or partly wrought materials, into suitable forms for use; as, to manufacture wool, cotton, silk, or iron.
Man`u*fac"ture, v. i. To be employed in manufacturing something.
Man`u*fac"tur*er (?), n. One who manufactures.
Man`u*fac"tur*ing, a. 1. Employed, or chiefly employed, in manufacture; as, a manufacturing community; a manufacturing town.
2. Pertaining to manufacture; as, manufacturing projects.
||Ma"nul (?), n. (Zoöl.) A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, ||light- colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and ||dwells among rocks.
Man"u*mise` (?), v. t. [See Manumit.] To manumit. [Obs.] Dryden.
Man`u*mis"sion (?), n. [L. manumissio: cf. F. manumission. See Manumit.] The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage. "Given to slaves at their manumission." Arbuthnot.
Man`u*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manumitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Manumitting.] [L. manumittere, manumissum; manus the hand + mittere to send, to send off. See Manual, and Missile.] To release from slavery; to liberate from personal bondage or servitude; to free, as a slave. "Manumitted slaves." Hume.
Man"u*mo`tive (?), a. [L. manus the hand + E. motive.] Movable by hand. [R.]
Man"u*mo`tor (?), n. [L. manus the hand + E. motor.] A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it.
Ma*nur"a*ble (&?;), a. 1. Capable of cultivation. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
2. Capable of receiving a fertilizing substance.
Ma*nur"age (?), n. Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner.
Ma*nur"ance (?), n. Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ma*nure" (m*nr"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Manuring.] [Contr, from OF. manuvrer, manovrer, to work with the hand, to cultivate by manual labor, F. manœuvrer. See Manual, Ure, Opera, and cf. Inure.] 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. [Obs.]
To whom we gave the strand for to manure.
Surrey.
Manure thyself then; to thyself be improved; And with vain, outward things be no more moved.
Donne.
2. To apply manure to; to enrich, as land, by the application of a fertilizing substance.
The blood of English shall manure the ground.
Shak.
Ma*nure" (m*nr"), n. Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. Dryden.
Ma*nure"ment, n. [Cf. OF. manouvrement.] Cultivation. [Obs.] W. Wotton.
Ma*nur"er (?), n. One who manures land.
Ma*nu"ri*al (?), a. Relating to manures.
Ma*nur"ing (?), n. The act of process of applying manure; also, the manure applied.
||Ma"nus (?), n.; pl. Manus. [L., the hand.] (Anat.) The distal segment ||of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand.
Man"u*script (?), a. [L. manu scriptus. See Manual, and Scribe.] Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.
Man"u*script, n. [LL. manuscriptum, lit., something written with the hand. See Manuscript, a.] 1. A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.
2. Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript. Craik.
The word is often abbreviated to MS., plural MSS.
Man"u*script`al (?), a. Manuscript. [Obs.]
Man`u*ten"en*cy (?), n. [L. manus hand + tenere to hold.] Maintenance. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.
Man"way` (?), n. A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through. Raymond.
Manx (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.
Manx cat (Zoöl.), a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. -- Manx shearwater (Zoöl.), an oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, or P. puffinus), called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
Manx, n. The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic.
Ma"ny (?), n. [See Meine, Mansion.] A retinue of servants; a household. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ma"ny, a. or pron. [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison; more and most, which are used for the comparative and superlative degrees, are from a different root.] [OE. mani, moni, AS. manig, mænig, monig; akin to D. menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw. månge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf. Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. √103.] Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.
Thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Gen. xvii. 4.
Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
1 Cor. i. 26.
Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming compounds which need no special explanation; as, many-angled, many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed, many- handed, many-leaved, many-lettered, many- named, many-peopled, many-petaled, many- seeded, many-syllabled (polysyllabic), many- tongued, many-voiced, many-wived, and the like. Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so. "As many as were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets." Exod. xxxv. 22. "So many laws argue so many sins." Milton. Many stands with a singular substantive with a or an.
Many a, a large number taken distributively; each one of many. "For thy sake have I shed many a tear." Shak. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene." Gray. -- Many one, many a one; many persons. Bk. of Com. Prayer. -- The many, the majority; -- opposed to the few. See Many, n. -- Too many, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many for us. L'Estrange.
Syn. -- Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various; divers; sundry.
Ma"ny, n. [AS. menigeo, menigo, menio, multitude; akin to G. menge, OHG. manag, menig, Goth. managei. See Many, a.] 1. The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.
After him the rascal many ran.
Spenser.
2. A large or considerable number.
A many of our bodies shall no doubt Find native graves.
Shak.
Seeing a great many in rich gowns.
Addison.
It will be concluded by manythat he lived like an honest man.
Fielding.
In this sense, many is connected immediately with another substantive (without of) to show of what the many consists; as, a good many [of] people think so.
He is liable to a great many inconveniences.
Tillotson.
Ma"ny-mind`ed (?), a. Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.
Ma"ny*plies (?), n. [Many, adj. + plies, pl. of ply a fold.] (Anat.) The third division, or that between the reticulum, or honeycomb stomach, and the abomasum, or rennet stomach, in the stomach of ruminants; the omasum; the psalterium. So called from the numerous folds in its mucous membrane. See Illust of Ruminant.
Ma"ny-sid`ed (?), a. 1. Having many sides; -- said of figures. Hence, presenting many questions or subjects for consideration; as, a many-sided topic.
2. Interested in, and having an aptitude for, many unlike pursuits or objects of attention; versatile.
-- Ma"ny-sid`ed*ness, n.
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{ Ma"ny*ways` (?), Ma"ny*wise` (?), } adv. In many different ways; variously.
Man`za*ni"ta (?), n. [Sp., dim. of munzana an apple.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.
Ma"o*ri (?), n.; pl. Maoris (&?;). (Ethnol.) One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.
Map (?), n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world, fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Cf. Apron, Napkin, Nappe.] 1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it.
There are five principal kinds of projection used in making maps: the orthographic, the stereographic, the globuar, the conical, and the cylindrical, or Mercator's projection. See Projection.
2. Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.
Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn.
Shak.
Map lichen (Bot.), a lichen (Lecidea geographica.) growing on stones in curious maplike figures. Dr. Prior.
Map, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mapping (?).] To represent by a map; -- often with out; as, to survey and map, or map out, a county. Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map, or map out, a journey; to map out business.
I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have mapped it truly.
Shak.
||Ma*pach" (?), n. [Mexican.] The raccoon.
Ma"ple (?), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol; akin to Icel. möpurr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G. massholder.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species. A. saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A. campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is A. platanoides.
Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers. -- Maple honey, Maple molasses, or Maple sirup, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. -- Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.
Map"like` (?), a. Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.
Map"per*y (?), n. [From Map.] The making, or study, of maps. [Obs.] Shak.
Ma"qui (?), n. (Bot.) A Chilian shrub (Aristotelia Maqui). Its bark furnishes strings for musical instruments, and a medicinal wine is made from its berries.
Mar (?), n. A small lake. See Mere. [Prov. Eng.]
Mar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marred (märd); p. pr. & vb. n. Marring.] [OE. marren, merren, AS. merran, myrran (in comp.), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. merrian, OHG. marrjan, merran; cf. D. marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor, v.] 1. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks.
Shak.
But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
Dryden.
Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage.
Milton.
2. To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." Shak.
Mar, n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
||Ma"ra (?), n. [Skr. mra.] (Hind. Myth.) The principal or ruling evil ||spirit. E. Arnold.