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Mantle

Mantle Definition And Meaning
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.

Mantle Definition And Meaning

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

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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