specifying the name and tonnage of the vessel, the description of goods,
the names of shippers and consignees, and the marks of each package.

MANILLA ROPE. A valuable cordage made in the Philippines, which, not
being subject to rot, does not require to be tarred.

MANIPLE. A small armed party; a term derived from the subdivision of a
Roman cohort.

MAN[OE]UVRE. A dexterous management of anything connected with the ship.

MAN-OF-WAR. Any vessel in the royal navy.

MAN-OF-WAR BIRD, OR FRIGATE BIRD. _Fregata aquila_, a sea-bird of the
family _Pelecanidae_, found in the tropics, remarkable for the length of
its wings and rapidity of its flight.

MAN-OF-WAR FASHION. A state of order, tidiness, and good discipline.

MAN-OF-WAR'S MAN. A seaman belonging to the royal navy.

MANOMETER. A steam-gauge.

MAN OVERBOARD! A cry which excites greater activity in a ship than any
other, from the anxious desire to render assistance.

MAN SHIP! Is to range the people on the yards and rigging in readiness
to give three cheers, as a salute on meeting, parting company, or other
occasions; a good old custom now slackening. In war, as instanced by the
_Nymphe_ and _Cleopatra_, the meeting of enemies was truly chivalrous;
though there was a case where the response was so moderated as to be
laughed at as "a cheer with the chill on."

MANSIONS OF THE MOON. _See_ LUNAR MANSIONS.

MANTILLIS. A kind of shield anciently fixed upon the tops of ships as a
cover for archers.

MANTLETS. Large movable musket-proof blinds used by besiegers at the
head of a sap, now mostly fitted to embrasures to protect the gunners
from sharpshooters: they are best when made of plaited rope.

MANUAL-EXERCISE. The regulated series of motions for handling and
carrying the musket, except what is connected with firing it.

MANUBALIST. A stout cross-bow.

MANXMAN. A seaman or native of the Isle of Man.

MANZERA. A vessel used in the Adriatic for carrying cattle.

MAON. _See_ MAHONE.

MAR. Latin _mare_, the sea: a prefix, as Margate, the sea-way, &c.

MARABUT. A sail which galleys hoisted in bad weather. Also, small
edifices on Barbary headlands, occupied by a priest.

MARCHES. Borders or confines of a country, as the marches of Ancona, &c.

MARCHING ORDER. A soldier fully equipped with arms, ammunition, and a
portion of his kit, carries from 30 to 35 lbs. In _service marching_
order, by the addition of provisions and some campaigning necessaries,
he c