Definition of mantle

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Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

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Ivy-mantled :: Ivy-mantled (a.) Covered with ivy.
Immantle :: Immantle (v. t.) See Emmantle.
Chasuble :: Chasuble (n.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle..
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To disable; to render useless.
Mantle :: Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise..
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle..
Mantled :: Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantl.
Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) Any free, outer membrane..
Mantua :: Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth..
Lady''s Mantle :: Lady's mantle () A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes..
Purple :: Purple (n.) Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple..
Tunicin :: Tunicin (n.) Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom..
Outmantle :: Outmantle (v. t.) To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress..
Palliobranchiate :: Palliobranchiate (a.) Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods..
Mantling :: Mantling (n.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin..
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