Syn. — Bold; daring; brave; courageous; firm; undaunted; hardy; dignified; stately.
MANLY
Man"ly, adv.
Defn: In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a manly man; as, to act manly.
MANNA Man"na, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. man; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (Script.)
Defn: The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food.
3. (Bot. & Med.)
Defn: A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.