noun
Synonym of handbook.
A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
(military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
(Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
(music) A keyboard on an organ.
adjective
(of an activity) Performed with the hands.
(of a machine, device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.
Performed by a human rather than a machine.
noun
(countable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
(countable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
(uncountable) Manual control or operation.