menagel (menazh)

[F. ménage, OF. mes nage, a household, family, Then she tried keeping house with a female friend; then the double ménage began to quarrel and get into debt. Thackeray , Vanity Fair, lxiv. 2. Housekeeping; household management.3 (me-naj'). A kind of club or friendly society common among the poorer of the working cla es of Scotland and the north of England. - 4t. A menagerie.