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English Dictionary: Man' by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Man'
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Man \Man\, n.
  
      {Man of sin} (Script.), one who is the embodiment of evil,
            whose coming is represented (--2 Thess. ii. 3) as
            preceding the second coming of Christ. [A Hebraistic
            expression]
  
      {Man-stopping bullet} (Mil.), a bullet which will produce a
            sufficient shock to stop a soldier advancing in a charge;
            specif., a small-caliber bullet so modified as to expand
            when striking the human body. Such bullets are chiefly
            used in wars with savage tribes. Manbird \Man"bird`\, n.
      An aviator. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Man \Man\, n.; pl. {Men}. [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to
      OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. ma[edh]r, for mannr, Dan.
      Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to
      Skr. man to think, and E. mind. [root]104. Cf. {Minx} a pert
      girl.]
      1. A human being; -- opposed tobeast.
  
                     These men went about wide, and man found they none,
                     But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one. --R.
                                                                              of Glouc.
  
                     The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to
                     him as it doth to me.                        --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Man \Man\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Manning}.]
      1. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or
            complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or
            the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
  
                     See how the surly Warwick mans the wall ! --Shak.
  
                     They man their boats, and all their young men arm.
                                                                              --Waller.
  
      2. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for
            efficiency; to fortify. [bd]Theodosius having manned his
            soul with proper reflections.[b8] --Addison.
  
      3. To tame, as a hawk. [R.] --Shak.
  
      4. To furnish with a servants. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      5. To wait on as a manservant. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      Note: In [bd]Othello,[b8] V. ii. 270, the meaning is
               uncertain, being, perhaps: To point, to aim, or to
               manage.
  
      {To man a yard} (Naut.), to send men upon a yard, as for
            furling or reefing a sail.
  
      {To man the yards} (Naut.), to station men on the yards as a
            salute or mark of respect.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Man, WV (town, FIPS 50932)
      Location: 37.74259 N, 81.87434 W
      Population (1990): 914 (390 housing units)
      Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   man
  
      {Unix manual page}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   MAN
  
      {Metropolitan Area Network}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Man
      (1.) Heb. 'Adam, used as the proper name of the first man. The
      name is derived from a word meaning "to be red," and thus the
      first man was called Adam because he was formed from the red
      earth. It is also the generic name of the human race (Gen. 1:26,
      27; 5:2; 8:21; Deut. 8:3). Its equivalents are the Latin homo
      and the Greek anthropos (Matt. 5:13, 16). It denotes also man in
      opposition to woman (Gen. 3:12; Matt. 19:10).
     
         (2.) Heb. 'ish, like the Latin vir and Greek aner, denotes
      properly a man in opposition to a woman (1 Sam. 17:33; Matt.
      14:21); a husband (Gen. 3:16; Hos. 2:16); man with reference to
      excellent mental qualities.
     
         (3.) Heb. 'enosh, man as mortal, transient, perishable (2 Chr.
      14:11; Isa. 8:1; Job 15:14; Ps. 8:4; 9:19, 20; 103:15). It is
      applied to women (Josh. 8:25).
     
         (4.) Heb. geber, man with reference to his strength, as
      distinguished from women (Deut. 22:5) and from children (Ex.
      12:37); a husband (Prov. 6:34).
     
         (5.) Heb. methim, men as mortal (Isa. 41:14), and as opposed
      to women and children (Deut. 3:6; Job 11:3; Isa. 3:25).
     
         Man was created by the immediate hand of God, and is
      generically different from all other creatures (Gen. 1:26, 27;
      2:7). His complex nature is composed of two elements, two
      distinct substances, viz., body and soul (Gen. 2:7; Eccl. 12:7;
      2 Cor. 5:1-8).
     
         The words translated "spirit" and "soul," in 1 Thess. 5:23,
      Heb. 4:12, are habitually used interchangeably (Matt. 10:28;
      16:26; 1 Pet. 1:22). The "spirit" (Gr. pneuma) is the soul as
      rational; the "soul" (Gr. psuche) is the same, considered as the
      animating and vital principle of the body.
     
         Man was created in the likeness of God as to the perfection of
      his nature, in knowledge (Col. 3:10), righteousness, and
      holiness (Eph. 4:24), and as having dominion over all the
      inferior creatures (Gen. 1:28). He had in his original state
      God's law written on his heart, and had power to obey it, and
      yet was capable of disobeying, being left to the freedom of his
      own will. He was created with holy dispositions, prompting him
      to holy actions; but he was fallible, and did fall from his
      integrity (3:1-6). (See {FALL}.)
     
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