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▪ I. † mant, n.1 Obs.
[a. F. mante fem., ad. Pr. manta, cogn. w. Sp., It., Pg. manto: see mantle n. In the first quot. repr. Sp. manto. Cf. manta.]
a. A mantilla.
b. = manteau 1.
1651tr. De-las-Coveras' Don Fenise 238 He..told him..to return to the Inne to fetch the three Ladies who were there, making them..put their Mants upon them (that is a great vail which the women have in Spain,.. which covereth all their bodies unto their heels). 1694Echard Plautus 95 What a confounded Jargon o' names!.. There's your light Mant plated, your Stiff-bodied-Gown, &c. 1709Tatler No. 32 ⁋2 Her blue Mant and Petticoat is her Azure Dress. 1752A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 2 To recal a straggling Hair, to settle the Tucker, or compose the Mant.
▪ II. mant, n.2 Sc.|mænt|
[f. mant v.]
A stammer; an impediment in the speech.
1839J. M. Wilson Tales Border V. 189 The former having what we call in Scotland a mant, a sullen visage, and a brawling temper. 1894P. H. Hunter James Inwick ii. 19 That ane said he had a mant, an' the tither ane that he clippit his words.
▪ III. mant, v. Sc.|mænt|
Also 6 mante, 8–9 maunt.
[app. of Gaelic origin. Cf. Gaelic and Irish manntach toothless, stammering, f. MIrish mant gum.]
trans. and intr. To stammer.
1562A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) i. 92 Thai tyrit God..With owklie abitis to augment þair rentalis, Mantand mort momlingis mixt wt monye leis. 1629Z. Boyd Last Battell 985 Hee who manteth or stammereth in his speach. 1716Ramsay On Wit 12 There was a manting lad in Fife, Wha..never manted when he sang. 1873Guidman Inglismaill 33 Noo an' than he mantit in his sang.
Hence ˈmanting vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also ˈmanter, a stammerer.
1506in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1901) III. 199 Item, to mantand Adam to pas to Dunbertane with ane writing of the Kingis. a1585Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 775 Mad manter, vaine vaunter. a1625J. Sempill Picktooth for Pope in Harp Renfrew Ser. ii. (1873) 24 Its but the Matrons manting. 1716[see mant v.]. 1789D. Davidson Seasons 77 Auld mantin Michael's daughter. |