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mank, manket, mankey, mankie, mankin, mankit, manky,
mank [maŋk]
n. A deficiency, a want, a lack. A moment's uncertainty, a hesitation, fuss.
dim. mankie
v. To spoil, to mutilate. To deface, cut too short.
pt. pp. mankit adj. Defective, corrupt, cut awry, mangled, worn out, exhausted.
 
manky
adj. Inferior, worthless. Dirty and unpleasant.
manco, mancoe, mankey, mankie, manko, manky,
mankie [maŋkɪ]
n. Calamanco, a glossy woollen material.
manse,
manse [mans]
n. A minister's house.
Mansewid, Mansewidd, Mansewud, Mansewuid,
Mansewid [ˈmansɪd, -wʌd]
pn. Mansewood (Glasgow).
mansion [ˈmanʃən]
n. A more or less large or stately house.
mainswear, mansorn, manswair, manswairn, mansware, manswear, mansweern, mansweir, manswere, mansworn, manswuir, manswuirn, manswure, manswuren, manswurn, minswear, minswear, minsworn,
mansweir [ˈmanswiːr, -sweːr]
v. To swear falsely, commit perjury, disavow, abjure, refuse or cease to acknowledge.
pt. manswuir [-swøːr, -sweːr, N. -swiːr]
pp. mansworn adj. Forsworn, sworn falsly, perjured.
 
From man + sweir.
mant, manter, mantin, maunt, maunter,
mant [mant, mɔnt]
n. A speech impediment. A stammer, a stutter.
v. To have an impediment in one's speech. To stammer, to stutter.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
manter [ˈmantər, ˈmɔntər]: One who has an impediment in his speech. A stammerer.
mantin: Stammering, stuttering.
mantay, manteel, manteil, manteill, mantie, mantie-maker, mantille, mantille, mantilles, mantle, mantmaker, manty, mantymaker, mauntay, mauntay, mauntie, maunty,
manteel [ˈmantil]
n. A cloak-like garment, a mantle.
dim. mantie A loose flowing gown, a shawl.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
luckie's manteel: WC. The yarrow Achillea millefolium.
mantie makar [-ˈmakər]: A dress maker.
mannyfecter, manufacter, manufactur,
manufactur [ˈman(j)əfactər]
v. Manufacture, the production of manufactured goods.
mainer, mainner, mainnur, mainur, manner, mannur, manur, manur, manure, menner, mennur,
manur [ˈman(j)ər, ˈmenər]
n. Manure.
v. To till or prepare ground.

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