Definition of mantle

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

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Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool..
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..
Mantled :: Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantl.
Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
Tunic :: Tunic (n.) See Mantle, n., 3 (a)..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) Same as Mantling.
Portmantle :: Portmantle (n.) A portmanteau.
Unmantle :: Unmantle (v. t.) To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state..
Padelion :: Padelion (n.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc..
Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning..
Shell :: Shell (n.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like..
Siphon :: Siphon (n.) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata..
Pallium :: Pallium (n.) The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle.
Dolly Varden :: Dolly Varden () A character in Dickens's novel Barnaby Rudge, a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons..
Outmantle :: Outmantle (v. t.) To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress..
Pallium :: Pallium (n.) The mantle of a bird.
Dismantled :: Dismantled (imp. & p. p.) of Dismantl.
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