manul

[Native name.] A wild cat of Tatary and Siberia, Felis manul, of about the same size as the common European wildcat, F. cat us, but with longer legs. It is of a yellowish color with whitish variegations, the tail ringed and the head striped with black. Manulea (ma-nu le-a), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1767), so called in allusion to the five lobes of the corolla; manure distinguished by having the lower leaves almost always opposite, the fifth stamen much reduced or rarely perfect, the anthers one-celled, the capsule dehiscent into valves, and the inflorescence centripetal. The tribe includes 8 genera and about 100 species, which are mostly herbs, the majority being natives of southern Africa. Written Manuleieæ by Bentham (1846). manumiset, manumi t (man-u-miz', -mis'), v. t. [Also manumize; Whether, then, being my manumised slave, He owed not himself to me? Mas singer, Maid of Honour, v. 2. The episcopal reformation has manumized kings from the usurpation of Rome. Dryden, Ded. of Plutarch's Lives. manumi ion (man-ū-mish'on), n. [ ma numi ion = Sp. manumision = Pg. manumi ão = It. manumi ione , manumi io (n-), the freeing of a slave, manumittere , pp. manumis sus , free, manumit: see manumit .] Liberation from slavery, bondage, or restraint; a setting free; emancipation. [To complete the usual legal ceremony of manumi ion in ancient Rome, the master turned the slave around and released him from his hand before a magistrate.] Then whereto serves it to have been enlarg'd With this free manumi ion of the mind? Daniel , Muso phil us. Languages, by a regardle Adoption of some new Words, and Manumi ion of old, do often vary, yet the whole Bulk of the Speech keeps intire. Howell , Letters, iv. 19. Villeins might be enfranchised by manumi ion , which is either expre or implied: expre , as where a man granted to the villein a deed of manumi ion . Black stone , Com., II. vi. manumit (man-ū-mit'), v. t.; pret.and pp. man umitted, ppr. manumitting. [OF. manumetre, manumettre, manumiter = Sp. manumitir = It. manomettere, manimettere, The Christian masters were not bound to manumit their slaves, and yet were commended if they did so. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 202. That Poem which you pleased to approve of so highly in Howell , Letters, ii. 78. Manuscript is now manumitted, and made free Denizen of =Syn. Enfranchise, Liberate, etc. See emancipate.