Manual

man'u-al, a. Pert, to, or performed by, the hand; used or made by hand. — n. A small hock, such as may be conveniently handled; a compendium; a hand-book; esp. the service-book of the Rom. Cath. church. (Mus.) The key-board of an organ or harmonium. [F. manuel, L. manual is, fr. manus. the hand, the former, maker; Skr. ma, to measure, build, cause, create, E. manage, manifest, amanuensis, emancipate, maintain, etc.] —Manual exercise. (Mil.) The exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms. — Man'ually, adv. By hand. —Man'ufact'ure, -fak'chur, n. The operation of making (wares) by the hands, by art, or machinery anything made'from raw materials. — v. [manufactured (-churd), -Turing.] To make from raw materials, by the hand, by art, or machinery; to work (materials) into forms for use. [F., workmanship, fr. L. manus and factura, a making, fr. facere, factum, to make.] — Man'ufact'- urer, n. — Manufac'tory, -to-rt, n. A house or place where anything manufactured a factory. — Man'umit', v. To release from slavery to free, as a slave. [L. manumittere, mrrnns and miU tere, -nni um, to send.] — Man'umis's ion, -mish'un, n. Act of, etc. [F. L. manumi io.] — Manure', v. [-nured (-nurd'), -nuring.] To enrich (land) by the linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. 360 MANX 342 application of a fertilizing substance.— n. Any matter which makes land productive a fertilizing substance. [Contr. F. manceuvrer, to work with the hand. See Maneuver.] — ManuT'er, n. — Man'uscript, -u-skript, a. Written with the hand not printed. — n. A book or paper written with the hand. [LL. manuscriptum, written with the hand, L. manus and scribere, scriptum, to write.]