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A handbook.
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A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
example
The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?
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A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
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An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
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A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
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A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
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(by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
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A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
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Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
example
do a manual