¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manjack
1. a West Indian tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manjack
Literary usage of Manjack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Dominions: Their Present Commercial and Industrial Condition; a by William James Ashley (1911)
"Another product of petroleum is "manjack," a ... The manjack shipped from Barbados
is reported to be of superior quality. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"These men were principally from the Papel, or manjack nations: the former, ...
A manjack,, who attempted to stab the President, was turned off the island ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"... the Juba river Portuguese authority is openly defied, and several small craft
have lately been captured and their crews murdered by the manjack tribe. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... and see manus. manjack (man'jak), ». A large West Indian tree, of the species
Cordia elliptica or C. macro- phylla. ..."
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