Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Manning"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Man \Man\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Manning}.]
1. To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or
complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or
the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.

See how the surly Warwick mans the wall ! --Shak.

They man their boats, and all their young men arm.
--Waller.

2. To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for
efficiency; to fortify. ``Theodosius having manned his
soul with proper reflections.'' --Addison.

3. To tame, as a hawk. [R.] --Shak.

4. To furnish with a servants. [Obs.] --Shak.

5. To wait on as a manservant. [Obs.] --Shak.

Note: In ``Othello,'' V. ii. 270, the meaning is uncertain,
being, perhaps: To point, to aim, or to manage.

{To man a yard} (Naut.), to send men upon a yard, as for
furling or reefing a sail.

{To man the yards} (Naut.), to station men on the yards as a
salute or mark of respect.


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