Definition of Manty

1. a ladies outer garment worn in the 17c [n MANTIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manty

mantology
mantos
mantou
mantra
mantralike
mantram
mantrams
mantrap
mantraps
mantras
mantric
mantua
mantuamaker
mantuamakers
mantuas
manty (current term)
manu
manu militari
manual
manual(a)
manual alphabet
manual communication
manual dexterity
manual labor
manual laborer
manual laborers
manual labour
manual of arms
manual transmission
manual ventilation

Literary usage of Manty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Charters, Writs, & Public Documents of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, the by Dundee, Scotland (1880)
"ROBERTSON moved in Councill, that there was one MARY GEDDY, a manty maker, who was come of respectable parents of this place, whom the Taylor trade impeded ..."

2. Charters, Writs and Public Documents of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, the by Dundee (Scotland), Dundee, Scotland (1880)
"ROBERTSON moved in Councill, that there was one MARY GEDDY, a manty maker, who was come of respectable parents of this place, whom the Taylor trade impeded ..."

3. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"A death in the family might be of sarvice to you in callin' round you friends ez could n't otherwise leave their business. That cough that little manty had ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A native or an inhabitant of Mantua. manty (man'ti), ». ; pi. ¡nanties (-tiz). ... My cousin's silk manty, and her gowd watch. Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian. ..."

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