▪ 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.
| 1651 tr. 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). 1694 Echard Plautus 95 What a confounded Jargon o' names!.. There's your light Mant plated, your Stiff-bodied-Gown, &c. 1709 Tatler No. 32 ¶2 Her blue Mant and Petticoat is her Azure Dress. 1752 A. 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.
| 1839 J. M. Wilson Tales Border V. 189 The former having what we call in Scotland a mant, a sullen visage, and a brawling temper. 1894 P. 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.
| 1562 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) i. 92 Thai tyrit God..With owklie abitis to augment þair rentalis, Mantand mort momlingis mixt w{supt} monye leis. 1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell 985 Hee who manteth or stammereth in his speach. 1716 Ramsay On Wit 12 There was a manting lad in Fife, Wha..never manted when he sang. 1873 Guidman Inglismaill 33 Noo an' than he mantit in his sang. |
Hence ˈmanting vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also ˈmanter, a stammerer.
| 1506 in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1901) III. 199 Item, to mantand Adam to pas to Dunbertane with ane writing of the Kingis. a 1585 Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 775 Mad manter, vaine vaunter. a 1625 J. Sempill Picktooth for Pope in Harp Renfrew Ser. ii. (1873) 24 Its but the Matrons manting. 1716 [see mant v.]. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 77 Auld mantin Michael's daughter. |