Manualis, & hoc manuâle, pen. prod. Plini. Of the hande: that silleth the hande: that is holden in the hande.Pecten manualis. Plinius. A combe that one holdeth in his hande.Scapi manuales. Plin. Stalkes that be an handfull bigge.Saxa manualia. Tacitus. Stones that one may cast with his hande.Manualis fasciculus lini. Plin. An handfull of flace.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mănŭālis, e, adj. [1. manus], of or belonging to the hand, for the hand, that is held in or fills the hand, hand-. I.Adj. (mostly post-Aug.): manuales lapides, that can be thrown with the hand, Sisenn. ap. Non. 449, 2: saxa, Tac. A. 4, 51: fasciculi, Plin. 19, 1, 3, 16: pecten, id. 18, 30, 72, 298: scopae, id. 24, 15, 80, 131: mola, Hier. in Chron. ad Ann. CCCVIII. a. Chr. n.: aqua,
for washing hands
, Tert. Apol. 39.— II.Subst.: mănŭāle, is, n. (sc. involucrum), the case or covering of a book, Mart. 14, 84in lemm.—Plur.: manualia, handbooks, Fragm. Vat. 45 sq.