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_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

3. _In manrent_, under engagement to support a superior.

_Acts Ja. II._

A. S. _manred_, id.; _man-raedene_, va.s.sals; from _man_, and _raeden_, law, state.

MANRITCH, _adj._ Masculine. _A manritch qweyn_, a masculine woman, S. B.

From _man_, and A. S. _ric_, expressive of abundance in any quality.

MANSE, _s._ The parsonage-house, S.

L. B. _mansus_, id.

_Erskine._

_To_ MANSWEIR, MENSWEIR, _v. a._ to perjure, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _manswer-ian_, id., from _man_, scelus, and _swer-ian_, to swear.

~Manswearing~, _s._ Perjury, S.

_Douglas._

MANSWETE, _adj._ Meek, Lat. _mansuetus_.

_Douglas._

_To_ MANT, MAUNT, _v. n._

1. To stutter, S.

_Z. Boyd._

2. Applied to rough unpolished verse.

_Polwart._

3. As _v. a._ denoting the indistinct mumbling of the Romish litany.