Noah Webster
Manioc
MA'NIOC
MAN'IPLE, noun [Latin manipulus, a handful. Qu. Latin manus and the Teutonic full.]
1. A handful.
2. A small band of soldiers; a word applied only to Roman troops.
3. A fanon, or kind of ornament worn about the arm of a mass priest; or a garment worn by the Romish priests when they officiate.