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Manual

Manual Meaning & Definition
Manual Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Manual?

[n] (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle
[n] a small handbook
[adj] requiring human effort; "a manual transmission"
[adj] of or relating to the hands; "manual dexterity"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Manual: hand-operated | manual of arms | non-automatic

Related Terms | Find terms related to Manual: abecedarium | abecedary | alphabet book | battledore | breviary | canon | casebook | choir | church book | claviature | compendium | console | cookbook | cookery book | directions | echo | eighty-eight | enchiridion | euchologion | euchology | exercise book | farse | field guide | fingerboard | formulary | gradus | grammar | great | guide | guidebook | handbook | hornbook | how-to book | instructions | ivories | keyboard | keys | lectionary | litany | machzor | manual of instruction | missal | nature book | ordinal | organ manual | pedals | piano keys | pontifical | prayer book | primer | reader | ritual | rituale | rubric | schoolbook | Sefer Torah | service book | siddur | solo | speller | spelling book | swell | t | text | textbook | Torah | Torah scroll | travel book | vade mecum | Virginal | workbook

See Also | book of instructions | consuetudinal | consuetudinary | drill | enchiridion | exercise | grimoire | handbook | instruction manual | instructions | operating instructions | order arms | practice | practice session | recitation | reference manual | sex manual | vade mecum

Manual In Webster's Dictionary

\Man"u*al\ (m[a^]n"[-u]*al), a. [OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. m["u]ndel a ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. {Emancipate}, {Legerdemain}, {Maintain}, {Manage}, {Manner}, {Manure}, {Mound} a hill.] Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual. ``Manual and ocular examination.'' --Tatham. {Manual alphabet}. See {Dactylology}. {Manual exercise} (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms. {Seal manual}, the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring. {Sign manual}. See under {Sign}.
\Man"u*al\, n. [Cf. F. manuel, LL. manuale. See {Manual}, a.] 1. A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church. This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws. --Sir M. Hale. 2. (Mus.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). 3. (Mil.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).

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