[man.i.cure] n [F, fr. L manus hand + F -icure (as in pedicure pedicure)--more at manual] (1880) 1: manicurist
2: a treatment for the care of the hands and fingernails
[2]manicure vt -cured ; -cur.ing (ca. 1890) 1: to do manicure work on; esp: to trim and polish the fingernails of
2. a: to trim closely and evenly "manicured lawns" b: groom
2. "manicured flower beds"