manœuvre, n.m., workman, journeyman-mason, laborer; bungler; crafty person. Ce n’est qu’un —; he is a mere mechanic. Travail de —; manual labor.
manœuvrer, v.a. and n., to manœuvre; to work (a ship). — les voiles; to work the sails. Faire — des soldats; to drill soldiers.
manœuvrier, n.m., able seaman; tactician.
manoir, n.m., manor, mansion, manor-house.
manomètre, n.m., (phys.) manometer.
manométrique, adj., (phys.) manometrical.
manouvrier, n.m., day-laborer, workman, hodman.
manquant, -e, n.m.f. and adj., absentee, defaulter; missing, absent, wanting, failing, short.
manque, n.m., want, lack, need; shortcoming, failure, defect; (riding) stumble. Il a trouvé dix francs de —; he found he was ten francs short. — de; for want of. — de touche; (at billiards) miss.
manqué, -e, part., defective; abortive, miscarried; a failure; spoilt. Une affaire —e, un coup —; a failure. Un poète —; a would-be poet.