man of straw

A man of no substance, influence, weight, or means; one put forward as a puppet or decoy. man-orchis, s. Bot .: Aceras an thro pop hora . A fanciful resemblance is pointed out between the tip of this orchis and a man hung by the head. [ACERAS.] man-rope, s. Naut .: A rope suspended by stanchions on each side of a gangway, and used in ascending or descending a ship's side, hatchways, . man-shaped, a. Having the external conformation more or le closely resembling that of man. Man - shaped apes: Zool .: A popular name for the Anthropoid Apes. [ANTHROPOID.] "In the great order of the Primates, after man, stand the man- shaped , or anthropomorph ous apes."-Prof. Duncan, in Ca ell's Nat . Hist . , i. 6.