Man

MAN, sb.1 and v. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in forms men I.W.2; min Sc. Lakel.2 Cum.1 Cum.2 Cum.3 Cum.4 Wil.1 Dor.1 Som. Dev.2; mon e.Dur.1 n.Yks. Lan. Chs.3 s.Chs.1 Der.2 nw.Der.1 Nhp.1 s.War. se.Wor.1 Hrf. Glo. n.Wil.; mun N.Cy.1 Cum. n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 w.Yks.5 nw.Der.1 n.Lin.1 Nhp.1 Nhp.2 Glo.2 Oxf.1 Brks.1 e.An.1 Hmp.1 I.W.1 Wil.1 w.Som.1 Dev.1 [man, mæn, mon; mun, mən, min.] 1. sb. In comb. (1) Man-body, a full-grown male person; (2) Man-big, full-grown; (3) Man-browed, having hair growing between the eyebrows; (4) Man-catcher, a constable; (5) Man-chap, a man; (6) Man-crazed, of a woman: love-smitten; (7) Man-creeper, the water-newt, Lissotriton punctatus; (8) Man-door, coal-mining term: a door placed in a stopping just sufficiently large to allow a man to pass through; (9) Man-eater, see (7); (10) Man-engine, a machine used in deep mines instead of a lift to bring the miners up and down the shaft; (11) Man-faced, having masculine features; (12) Man-fond, see (6); (13) Man-grown, (a) see (2); (b) of a stick or tree: flattened in its growth so that it becomes oval and resembles the form of a man; (14) Man-hole, a place of refuge in a pit to allow the workmen to stand clear of the passing sets of tubs; (15) Man-hole door, the removable plate in a boiler which covers a hole large enough to admit a man for cleaning, &c.; (16) Man Jack, every one; gen. in phr. every man Jack, in gen. dial. and slang use; (17) Man-keen, (a) see (6); (b) of cattle: ready to attack human beings; (c) of a woman: passionate; (18) Man-keeper, (a) see (7); (b) a small lizard; (19) Man-mad, ‘maris appetens’; (20) Man-math, obsol., as much pasture-land as can be mown by one man in a day; (21) Man-muckle, see (2); (22) Man of Kent, an inhabitant of the Weald; see Kent, sb.1; (23) Man of law, a lawyer; (24) Man of mean, a beggar; (25) Man of sin, the Pope; (26) Man of wax, a smart, clever fellow; a very handsome man; also a term of endearment; (27) Man-ondle, to use the hands instead of levers in moving a heavy body; (28) Man-rued, in phr. to be man-rued, of a woman: to repent of a marriage she was about to make; (29) Man-sucker, (a) the cuttle-fish, Sepia officinalis; (b) the octopus, Octopus Bairdi; (c) the rock whelk, Purpura lapillus [not known to our correspondents]; (30) Man-tie, the common knot-grass, Polygonum aviculare; (31) Man-trap, a green bog; (32) Man-weean, a woman fond of men; a masculine woman; (33) Men's daughter-day, the Tuesday after Whitsun week; (34) Men-folk(s, the male sex; men-labourers on a farm; (35) Man's house, a cottage attached to a farm-house, in which the men-servants cook their food. (1) Sc. The men bodies are a' alike... The Almichty kenned what he was aboot when He garred women be the pain-bearers, Keith Bonnie Lady (1897) 38. Sh.I. In the winter evenings he would... make keshies for those who had no ‘man-body’ to look to, Clark Gleams (1898) 19. ne.Sc. I darcna gang through the kirkyard withoot some man-bodie wi's Grant Keckleton, 47. Abd. MacDonald R. Falconer (1868) 7. Frf. You want to have some man body to take care of you, Barrie Tommy (1896) xiv. Dmb. Ye havena been muckle the better o' having a man body alang wi' you on this errand, Cross Disruption (1844) xviii. Ayr. Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 261. Lnk. For a man body as she says, ‘he has an unco spate o' words,’ Fraser Whaups (1895) 169. Nhb.1 There wis nee man-body i' the hoose at the time. Lakel.2, n.Yks.2 (2) N.I.1 (3) Rxb. Here it is deemed unlucky to meet a person thus marked, especially if the first one meets in the morning. Elsewhere it is a favourable omen. The term, I should suppose, had been primarily applied to a woman as indicating something of a masculine character (Jam.). (4) m.Yks.1 (5) Glo. Tell they not to look ater the men-chaps, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) 80. (6) n.Yks.2 (7) N.I.1 (8) Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (9) Ir. They are... supposed to go down a person's throat when asleep and prey on his vitals, Flk-Lore Rec. (1881) IV. 119. (10) Cor.2 (11) Abd. There's mair poetry in auld man-faced Miss Horn nor in a dizzen like them, MacDonald Lossie (1877) xl. (12) n.Yks.2 (13, a) Sus. Neither she nor her brother dared ever say a word about the matter till they were man and woman grown, Egerton Flk. and Ways (1884) 116. (b) Cum.1 Cum.4 (14) Sc. (A.W.), Nhb.1 (15) Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (16) Sc. You'll come, every man jack of you, Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 107. Ir. She's sacked her ould sweethearts, ivery man jack of them, Barlow Idylls (1892) 198. Wm. An meak o' t'man-jack o' ye 's wise ez mesell, Wilson Bit ev Sng. 98. w.Yks. If yo don't set me daan, Man jack aw'll tak' yo' up, Senior Yule Clog (1882) 36. Glo. Good health to all of'ee, every man Jack of you, Buckman Darke's Sojourn (1890) 73. Ken. Every man-jack of them (G.B.). Dor. Defying the farmer and the farmer's wife and the farmer's lad, and every man jack among 'em, Hardy Wess. Tales (1888) I. 32. w.Som.1 Every man-jack o'm was a fo'ced to turn about. (17, a) n.Yks. I seaure she's gane eighteen, And few but, at that age, they are men-keen, Meriton Praise Ale (1684) 1. 581-2; n.Yks.2 (s.v. Man-craz'd). (b) Nhb.1 Cum. The fields where used to be the mad man-keen bull that went raging mad if he heard the voice or step of a man, Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 181; Cum.1 Cum.4, Wm. (B.K.), n.Yks.2, w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1 (c) Wm. (B.K.) (18, a) Rxb., Dmf. A name given... because they believe that it waits on the adder to warn man of his danger (Jam.). Dmf. Wallace Schoolmaster (1899). Gall. (A.W.) Ir. Zoologist (1854) XII. 4355. N.I.1 It is said that mankeepers will creep down the throat of a person who falls asleep near any water where they are. Frm. Science Gossip (1882) 41. (b) Gall. They are a kind of nimble lizard, and run about quarry-holes, in warm weather, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 392, ed. 1876. Dwn. (C.H.W.) s.Don., Mun. Simmons Gl. (1890). (19) e.Suf. (F.H.) (20) Midl., Nhp. N. & Q. (1867) 3rd S. xi. 205. Oxf. At Bestmoor Meadow... the farmers of the adjoining parish of Dun's Tew, had... each a defined number of ‘menmaths’ appurtenant to their farms. After the removal of the hay, the afterfeed reverted to the proprietor of North Aston, who has now bought up and so abolished these ‘menmaths,’ N. & Q. Cmb. N. & Q. 96. (21) Lth. Gin e'er I'm man-muckle, and puir faither spared, I'll mak ye a leddy, and faither a laird, Ballantine Poems (1856) 41. Edb. Tam, my son, had grown man-muckle, Maclagan Poems (1851) 315. Gall. I had grown to be man-muckle since the day on the Tinkler's Loup, Crockett Moss-Hags (1895) iii. (22) Ken.1 (23) Ayr. Or will we send a man-o'-law, Or will we send a sodger? Burns Fête Champêtre, st. I. (24) Sc. ‘O are ye a man of mean,’ she says, ‘seeking ony o' my meat?’ Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 89. (25) Fif. John Knox... Was as it were an iron mallet To break the Man o' Sin to flinders, Tennant Papistry (1827) 6. (26) w.Yks.1, Der.2, nw.Der.1 (27) se.Wor.1 (28) n.Yks.2 (29, a) Ken.1 (b) Sus. (G.A.W.) (c) Sus. Science Gossip (1872) 213. (30) w.Som.1 Dev. About Exeter we always call it man-tie, Reports Provinc. (1881) 13; Dev.4 (31) Cum.1; Cum.4 To sledge home their peats Dug up from the man-traps, Dickinson Lit. Remains (1888) 117. (32) n.Yks.2 (33) Lakel.2 Cum. A holiday and fair at Penrith (B.K.). (34) Abd. I cudna thole men-fowk to wait upon me, MacDonald Lossie (1877) lxx. Per. The men-folk are crackin o' owsen an' land, Nicoll Poems (ed. 1843) 118. Ayr. I wonder a wheen men-folk o' ye didna rise, Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 244. Lnk. He was like a' the lave o' the men-folk, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 2. Lth. Tho'... men-folk ban his gabbin' chat, The lassies they find nae sic faut, Ballantine Poems (1856) 136. Bwk. More shame to the men-folks, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 80. Nhb.1 What dis menfolk ken aboot sic things? e.Dur.1 (s.v. Folk), n.Yks.2, w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. Hoo doesn't think mich o' menfolk in general, Longman's Mag. (Apr. 1897) 540. Glo. The men volk are more humbler than the women volk; specially when thaay be high seasoned (E.D.). Dor. Men-folk be all alike, Longman's Mag. (Nov. 1898) 50. Som. 'Tis a lonesome place for a woman to bide wi' no men-folk about, Raymond Men o' Mendip (1898) viii. w.Som.1 Dev. The men-folks was all wild to try their strength, O'Neill Idyls (1892) 90. (35) n.Sc. (Jam.) Abd. Some... large farmers build a small house called the bothy, and sometimes the men's house, in which their men-servants eat and prepare their food, Agric. Surv. 518 (JAM.). 2. Phr. (1) as the man said, a phr. introduced after making a statement to remove the responsibility of it from the speaker; (2) by the man, (3) dear man or the dear man, an expletive; (4) man alive, an exclamation of impatience or of surprise; (5) man a-lost, a cry uttered by a traveller who has lost his way; (6) man dear, see (3); (7) man off the land, a farm-labourer; (8) man or mortal, any one; (9) the bad man, (10) the black man, the devil; (11) the man above, the Almighty; (12) the mere man of his nature, the natural man as opposed to the spiritual; (13) to be all man and shirt, to put on consequential airs; to be proud; (14) be a man of many morns, to be a procrastinator; (15) be a man of one's meat, to have a healthy appetite; (16) be a man of one's mind, to think and act for oneself; (17) be man enough, to be strong enough; in gen. colloq. use; (18) be one's own man, to be in good health and in full possession of one's faculties; (19) be the man, to be just the thing required; (20) to show one's man, to use one's authority, to domineer; (21) too much of a man, too heavy; (22) you'll be a man before your mother, a phr. used to comfort a small boy; in gen. use; (23) men of Gotham, see below; see Gotham; (24) men on, (25) men to ride, colliery terms: see below; (26) able to grow men and horses, of land: very good and rich. (1) I.Ma. (S.M.) (2) Lan. By th' mon, hoo's through, Standing Echoes (1885) 10. (3) Gall. (A.W.) n.Ir. The dear man, that beats ocht, Lyttle Paddy McQuillan II. Dwn. ‘Dear man!’ sez he, ‘hoo time passes,’ LYTTLE Ballycuddy (1892) 13. (4) Ayr. Man alive! the bits of speugs and starlings at the lum-tap, poor things, maun be clean bumbazed, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 132. Ir. Kiss your child, man alive! Carleton Fardorougha (1848) i. N.I.1 Ant. Och, man alive! but it's little ye know That never was there, O'Neill Glens (1900) 52. Cum.1 Cum.4, w.Yks. (J.W.) s.Not. ‘Man alive!’ she exclaimed, ‘why ever didn't yer come before?’ Prior Renie (1895) 305. Shr., Hrf. Bound Provinc. (1876). (5) Dor. ‘Man a-lost!’.. he cried,.. and then ran and hid himself... ‘'Tis our duty to help folks in distress... Man a-lost, where are you?’ Hardy Trumpet-Major (1880) ix. (6) n.Ir. Ay, man dear, it's ower ocht hoo muckle waens can eat, Lyttle Paddy McQuillan II. (7) Nrf. Some miserable farm-labourers, ‘men off the land,’ sat drinking beer, Emerson Lagoons (ed. 1896) 102. (8) N.I.1 Now don't tell this to man or mortal. (9) Ayr. The yite has a drop o' the bad man's bluid in it, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) II. 90. N.I.1 Nhb.1 If ye gan on se the bad-man'll get ye. (10) Ayr. The Black Man would gi'e her power to... kep the butter frae gatherin' in the kirn, Service Notandums (1890) 100. (11) e.Yks.1 There's a man aboon'll mak yĕ all care some day, if you don't care noo. w.Yks.3, nw.Der.1 (12) Ayr. I hae my doubts whether the mere man o' his nature hath undergone a right regeneration, Galt Lairds (1826) ii. (13) w.Yks.5 (14) Bnff.1 (15) Sc. I was man o'my meat, and master o'my wife, Ford Thistledown (1891) 326. (16) Sc. (A.W.) Chs.3 Gaffer's a mon of his moind. (17) Glo. He's not man enough for the job (S.S.B.). Nrf. Mary is man enow to dress herself, Emerson Son of Fens (1892) 366. Sus. Three months ago, sir, I wasn't man enough to say that word, Egerton Flk. and Ways (1884) 45. (18) s.Sc. He was never his ain man again, Wilson Tales (1836) IV. 46. Edb. I was, I thought, my ain man again, Beatty Secretar (1897) 113. w.Yks.2 Lin. Th' boäne's setting nistly, an' I begin to feel my awn man agëan. He was queer i' his heäd when he said it, bud he's his awn man ageän noo, Lin. N. & Q. (July 1890). Lei.1 Wil. The double loss broke Farmer Wilton's heart... The farmer never was his own man again. He lost energy and hope, Banks Glory (1881) 3. (19) Suf. When Easter comes, who knows not than That veal and bacon is the man, Garland (1818) 375. (20) w.Yks. Thah's nooa need ta show thi man here (B.K.). (21) Glo. The roller's too much of a man for thaay osses (S.S.B.). (22) Sc. (A.W.), N.I.1 (23) Not. A similar design was once entertained by that sage race, the wise men of Gotham, Flk-Lore Rec. (1879) II. 67; King John intending to pass through this place... was prevented by the inhabitants. .. The king, incensed,.. sent... some of his servants to enquire... the reason of their incivility,.. that he might punish them. The villagers... thought of an expedient... When the messengers arrived at Gotham, they found some of the inhabitants engaged in endeavouring to drown an eel in a pool of water; some were employed in dragging carts upon a large barn, to shade the wood from the sun; and others were engaged in hedging a cuckoo. .. In short, they were all employed upon some foolish way or other, which convinced the king's servants that it was a village of fools, N. & Q. (1850) 1st S. ii. 520. (24) Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. A call from the onsetter to the banksman or brakesman, meaning that men are in the cage to be drawn up, Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (25) Nhb.1 A similar call or signal, meaning that men are coming up in the next cage. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). (26) n.Lin.1 3. A husband; an accepted lover. Sc. You'll be getting a man of your own one of these fine days, Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 29. ne.Sc. My man... wis' just a fair average o' what men are generally, Grant Keckleton, 10. Elg. Some wives, ye ken, will thrash their men, Tester Poems (1865) 104. Bnff. Taylor Poems (1787) 59. Bch. The bonnie lassie was beguiled, She thought to get a man, Forbes Ulysses (1785) 20. Abd. He's as good a man as a woman cu'd hae when he's sober, Paul Abd. (1881) 61. Kcd. Grant Lays (1884) 21. Frf. The widow,.. oppressed by the knowledge that her man's death at such an inopportune place did not fulfil the promise of his youth, Barrie Licht (1888) v. Per. Though he be ma man, a'll say this for him, Maclaren Auld Lang Syne (1895) 128. w.Sc. He that had been sae gude a son to her was na likely to mak an ill man to me, Carrick Laird of Logan (1835) 264. Fif. Heddle Marget (1899) 142. Dmb. Cross Disruption (1844) viii. Ayr. I hope the cadger 'ill mak' her a real guid man, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 130. Lnk. Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 91. Lth. My faither aye tells me ─ I'll ne'er get a man, Macneill Poet. Wks. (1801) 205, ed. 1856. Edb. Hame she ran To tell the tidings to her man, Tint Quey (1796) 15. Peb. Affleck Poet. Wks. (1836) 81. Slk. I hae a wee wifie, an' I am her man, Hogg Poems (ed. 1865) 265. Gall. Hae ye a man: or is he dead? Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1814) 69, ed. 1897. Uls. Nance Colgan neglecks baith 'er weans an' 'er man, McIlroy Craig-linnie (1900) 24. Ant. (W.H.P.) Wxf.1 Nhb.1 Hor man wasn't win hor at the time. Cum.4 This is the term by which a Cumbrian woman always refers to her husband. n.Yks.1 Me an' mah man's gannan; n.Yks.4, w.Yks. (J.W.) Lan. We're mon an' wife na lunger, Saunders Abel Drake's Wife, ii. s.Not. I've a man and five kids, Prior Renie (1895) 173. Nhp.2 s.War. 'Ur fund the drunkn beg'r 'ur calls 'ur mon, Why John (Coll. L.L.B.). Wor., Hrf. Why John Coll. L.L.B. Glo. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 275; Glo.1 Him's my second man. Dev. The savin's of my man an' me for fifty year, Phillpotts Dartmoor (1896) 84. 4. A male paramour. Midl. (E.S.), War.3 Wor. He is not my man, he is my husband, Evesham Jrn. (June 10, 1899). 5. A gentleman. Ess.1 6. A male animal s.Chs.1 Ah shouldna like be nudded by that mon [a bull] as we han i' th' shippin (s.v. Nud). 7. Of animals or things: one. Glo.1 That's him [pointing to a hen]; the other men are'nt good layers. There's nobbut a shattering of apples on them trees; t'other men have a goodish few. 8. A familiar term of address to a person of either sex or of any age; often used at the end of a sentence to give it special emphasis; sometimes used as a meaningless expletive. The forms mun, mən, min seem to have arisen through loss of stress. Sc. ‘Man, but I'm pechin'!’ he exclaimed when he reached her side, Keith Prue (1895) 273. Sh.I. (Coll. L.L.B.) Bnff. Ye'll gang to that stinkin' place, man, till ye droun yoursel, Smiles Natur. (1876) I. 13, ed. 1879. Abd. Fat hae ye been haiverin' at, min? Alexander Johnny Gibb (1871) i. Per. Hoot! Peter, man, I'm thinkin' he was that carried like in 's mind, he didna ken even wha it was gaed by, Cleland Inchbracken (1883) 20, ed. 1887. e.Fif. ‘Noo min!’ cried Willie, triumphantly, Latto Tam Bodkin (1864) iv. Ayr. Man, I canna argue wi' you, but I could fell you, Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 9. Lnk. Nainsel will lost her way, man... She'll mind till dying day, man, Rodger Poems (1838) 8, ed. 1897. Ir. O man, isn't that great? (P.W.J.) Uls. Commonly reduplicated: ‘O man, O man, there's a grand house’ (P.W.J.). N.Cy.1 e.Dur.1 Eh, mon, aa din-aa. Lakel.2 Ah'll tell thi what, min. Cum. Mun, thou'll nobbet lwose t'e guid neame, Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 256; Cum.1 Thou's nea girt things, min; Cum.2; Cum.3 Whey min ─ there's Dick Walker an Jonathan Peel, 41; Cum.4 n.Yks. Be up, mon, an' werk whaile te's yabble, Tweddell Clevel. Rhymes (1875) 9; n.Yks.4 Ah'll tell tha what mun. ne.Yks.1 Tak ho'd, mun. e.Yks.1' Mun! Ah lickt him. ‘Did tha? Ah thowt thoo wad, mun.’ w.Yks.1 Eigh mun, thur er sad times; w.Yks.5 Mun ah mēan to goa some dāay! Sither [look you] mun! ‘Thah's ower an' aboon soft Bil fur swapping thee dog fur that bit'n a thing!’ ‘Bud he's geen muh his tother to boit mun, ─ mun hesn't he ur summat?’ Hit him mun! ‘Mun am bown!’ equivalent to the half-threatening phrase, ‘I'm going you know!’ Come, doan't be darn abart it mun; cheer up mun! Lan. The next week mon, Brierley Layrock (1864) iv. Der.2 Doff thy hat mon. nw.Der.1 Bring it here, mun. Lin. She seem'd, somehow, soa tender, mun, Brown Lit. Laur. (1890) 44. n.Lin.1 I tell thĕ mun he's been deäd this eäght year! Nhp.1 You mait as well try to fly, mun; Nhp.2 Used in speaking to a female, or even to a dog. Glo. ‘What dost want, mun?’ addressed to a little girl who had come into the cottage (S.S.B.); Glo.2 But the best fun is to come, mun! Oxf.1 Dŏ ŏ't theeself; I be tired, mun. Brks. Mose, mun, ... thee shouldst go in, Hughes Scour. White Horse (1859) vi; Brks.1 What be at ther mun? e.An.1 'Tis all true, mun. Nrf. Mun, rub that with treacle, Emerson Wild Life (1890) 98. e.Suf. (F.H.) Hmp.1 Also used in addressing a horse or dog. I.W.1 Come here, Moll, and I'll tell thee mun; I.W.2 Thee bisn't gwine to frighten me men, I beant afeard un thee. Wil.1 I'll ketch thee, min! n.Wil. Does't knaw that, mon? (E.H.G.) Dor.1 But turn 'em into fun, min, 221. Som. I'll do it, min, Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825). w.Som.1 Very commonly used in speaking to either sex, and by women talking to each other. Its use implies extreme familiarity, and usually altercation or threat. ‘I tell thee what 'tis, mun! thy man 'ud gee it to thee, nif I was vor to tell'n hot I zeed.’ Dev. Aw, min! I got a drefful tale tü tellee, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 140; Dev.1 Why thee dist'n think a will bush tha mun? 12; Dev.2 I don't know so much about that, min. 9. Used attrib. to express supreme excellence or quality, applied to persons and things; esp. in phr. right man. w.Yks. A niu ən oud wumən i ā strīt ət wər ə reit man wumən. Liuk ət ðis pen-naif ə main, its ə man naif, a kən tel ðə (J.W.); That's a reight man pipe thah's getten (B.K.). 10. v. To show signs of manhood. w.Som.1 They boys, zoon's ever they do begin to manny, there idn no doing nort way em. Dev. Our Jack da begin ta manny, Pulman Sketches (1842) 114, ed. 1871. 11. To master; to domineer over, use control over. w.Yks. Ah weeant hev tha mannin ower me (B.K.). Lan. Aw con never mon her, Brierley Treadlepin, iii. 12. To incite; to urge; gen. with on. Cum. He seeks the foe with rowan bough, And mans each friend and neighbour, Burn Ballads (ed. 1877) 113; The boys mann'd him on, but his head was not steady, Rayson Poems (1839) 23; Cum.1 They man't their dogs on to feight; Cum.4 Wm. Wheea man'd them on ta feight but thee, thoo auld skaymeril? (B.K.) 13. Phr. (1) to man a thing out, to face it; (2) to man oneself, to act like a man; to show spirit; (3) to man the spokes, to take hold of the poles of a bier. (1) w.Yks. It never dawned on me to man them [dangers] out for others' sake, Snowden Web of Weave (1896) x. (2) Cum. Man thysel, Jemmy, Anderson Ballads (ed. 1808) 100. (3) ne.Sc. The four coffins were placed in the centre of the street... Eight fisherwomen ‘manned’ the spokes, as is almost invariably the case

for the first lift, Green Gordonhaven (1887) 57.

MAN, sb.2 Lakel. Cum. Yks. Also in forms maen Cum.; mawn Cum.1 [man.] A conical pillar of stones erected on the top of a mountain; the mountain top itself. Lakel.1 Cum. The maen or man, the great pile of stones built up by the ordnance surveyors to mark the highest point, lying further to the north-east, Linton Lizzie Lorton (1867) xxx; Roond Scawfell Man theer hung, As midneet black, a clood, Richardson

Talk (1871) 17, ed. 1876; Cum.1 w.Yks. Phillips Rivers (1853).

MAN, see Mann, Maund, sb

MAN, MANN, see Maun, v.1