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manger son blé en herbe [Fr], to eat one's corn in the blade; spend
one's money before one has it.
mangia a tuo modo, vesti a modo d'altri [It], eat after your own fashion,
dress like others.
mania a potu [L], mania from drinking; delirium tremens.
manibus pedibusque [L], with hands and feet; with might and main.
maniéré [Fr; fern, maniérée], affected; unnatural; mannered.
man kann Gold zu teuer kaufen [Ger], one can buy gold too dear.
mannequin [Fr], lay figure; mannequin; model.
mano [Sp], hand; tech., a coat of paint or varnish. —mano a mano,
hand in hand; familiarly. —mano!, to the right! (a direction in driving):
P.I. Cf. SILLA.
manqué [Fr; fern, manquee], unsuccessful; resulting in failure, wouldbe.
man sagt [Ger], it is said; they say; on dit.
man spricht Deutsch [Ger], German spoken (here),
μάντις κακών [Gr; mantis kakôn], a prophet of evils.
mantón [Sp], large veil.
manu forti [L], with a strong hand; by main force.
manu propria [L], with one's own hand.
manus e nubibus [L], a hand from the clouds.
manus haec inimica tyrannis [L], this hand is an enemy to tyrants.
See ENSE PETIT etc.
mao tai [Chin; mao t'ai chiù: mao, a family surname, fai, tower, chiù,
liquor], a Chinese brandy, produced in Maotai, Guizhou (formerly
Kweichow), China.
maquereau [Fr; fern, maquerelle], lit., mackerel; a pander; procurer:
slang.
máquina [Sp], machine; engine; locomotive.
marabout [Fr], large bellying coffeepot or kettle.
maram [Mai], wood; timber: India.
mar bravo [Pg], heavy sea.
marbré [Fr], marbled; mottled.
marcato [It], marked; accentuated; distinct: music.
Märchen [Ger; sing. & pi], folk tale; fairy story.
marchesa [It], marchioness.
marchese [It], marquis.
maréchal [Fr], field marshal: mil.
maréchale [Fr], field marshal's wife.
mare clausum [L], closed sea; a sea within the jurisdiction of a country.
mare liberum [L], an open sea; a sea open to all.
marginalia [L], marginal notes.
marhaba [Ar], health; to your health.
mariachi [Sp], a typical Mexican band or member thereof.