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Mantle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Mantle?
[n] a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
[n] hanging cloth used as a blind [n] shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [n] (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [n] the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders" [n] anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [n] the layer of the earth between the crust and the core [n] United States baseball player (1931-1997) [v] cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building" [v] spread over a surface, like a mantle Synonyms | Synonyms for Mantle: blanket | cape | chimneypiece | curtain | drape | drapery | mantel | mantelpiece | mantlepiece | Mickey Charles Mantle | Mickey Mantle | pall | pallium Related Terms | Find terms related to Mantle: aerate | apply to | arachnoid | arbor vitae | archipallium | armory | badge | badge of office | badges | baton | beat | between brain | blanch | blanket | blazonry | block | blush | bonnet | boot | brain stem | brassard | breech | button | caduceus | canopy | cap | cap and gown | cape | cerebellar hemispheres | cerebellum | cerebral cortex | cerebrospinal fluid | cerebrum | chain | chain of office | change color | class ring | cloak | clothe | cloud | coat | cockade | coif | collar | color | color up | conceal | convolution | cope | corpus callosum | corpus striatum | cover | cover up | coverage | covering | covert | coverture | cowl | cowling | cream | crimson | crook | crosier | cross | cross-staff | curtain | darken | decoration | diencephalon | disguise | drape | drapery | dress | dura mater | eagle | eclipse | emblems | encircle | endbrain | ensigns | envelop | fasces | figurehead | film | fissure | flame | fleur-de-lis | flush | foam | folia | forebrain | fornix | frock | frontal lobe | froth | frown | gavel | glare | glial cells | globus pallidus | glow | glower | gnarl | gown | gray matter | grow red | growl | guise | gyrus | hammer and sickle | hanging | hat | heraldry | hide | hindbrain | hippocampus | hood | housing | hypothalamus | insignia | jacket | lapel pin | lather | lay on | lay over | lenticular nucleus | limbic lobe | little brain | livery | lobe | look black | look daggers | lower | mace | markings | mask | medal | medulla oblongata | meninges | mesencephalon | metencephalon | midbrain | mortarboard | muffle | myelencephalon | neopallium | obduce | obscure | occipital lobe | occult | old school tie | optic chiasm | overlay | overspread | pale | pall | pallium | parietal lobe | pelisse | pia mater | pin | pineal body | pink | pituitary body | pons | portfolio | put on | redden | regalia | reticular system | rhombencephalon | ring | robe | rod | rod of office | rose | rouge | scepter | school ring | scowl | screen | scum | shamrock | shawl | sheet | shelter | shield | shirt | shoe | shroud | sigillography | skull and crossbones | snap | snarl | sock | sphragistics | spit | spread over | spume | squirm with self-consciousness | staff | stammer | stocking | subthalamus | sud | suds | superimpose | superpose | surround | swastika | tartan | telencephalon | temporal lobe | thalamus | thistle | tie | truncheon | turn color | turn pale | turn red | uniform | veil | ventricle | verge | vermis | vestment | wand | wand of office | whip | whisk | white matter | whiten | wrap See Also | ballplayer | baseball player | blind | chlamys | cloak | cover | cover | covering | cuticle | diffuse | drop | drop cloth | drop curtain | epidermis | fan out | festoon | fireplace | furnishings | geosphere | hearth | layer | lithosphere | lower mantle | mantelet | mantilla | natural covering | open fireplace | pelisse | portiere | screen | shelf | shower curtain | spread | spread out | spread over | symbol | theater curtain | theatre curtain | tippet | upper mantle Mantle In Webster's Dictionary \Man"tle\, n. [OE. mantel, OF. mantel, F. manteau, fr. L.
mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf.
mantele, mantile, towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the
root of tela cloth. See {Manual}, {Textile}, and cf.
{Mandil}, {Mantel}, {Mantilla}.]
1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an
enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering
or concealing envelope.
[The] children are clothed with mantles of satin.
--Bacon.
The green mantle of the standing pool. --Shak.
Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming
tree. --Burns.
2. (Her.) Same as {Mantling}.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior
membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a
cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of
{Buccinum}, and {Byssus}.
(b) Any free, outer membrane.
(c) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
4. (Arch.) A mantel. See {Mantel}.
5. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the
hearth. --Raymond.
6. (Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel.
\Man"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mantled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mantling}.] To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise. --Shak. \Man"tle\, v. i. 1. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively. Ne is there hawk which mantleth on her perch. --Spenser. Or tend his sparhawk mantling in her mew. --Bp. Hall. My frail fancy fed with full delight. Doth bathe in bliss, and mantleth most at ease. --Spenser. 2. To spread out; -- said of wings. The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows. --Milton. 3. To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool. Though mantled in her cheek the blood. --Sir W. Scott. 4. To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc. There is a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond. --Shak. Nor bowl of wassail mantle warm. --Tennyson. |
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