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 out; -- said of wings.
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..
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..
Immantle :: Immantle (v. t.) See Emmantle.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A mantel. See Mantel.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) Same as Mantling.
Ream :: Ream (v. i.) To cream; to mantle.
Mantled :: Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantl.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth..
Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.
Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state..
Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
Ivy-mantled :: Ivy-mantled (a.) Covered with ivy.
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc..
Disgarnish :: Disgarnish (v. t.) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
Chlamydate :: Chlamydate (a.) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.
Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened..
Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m
Emmantle :: Emmantle (v. t.) To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection..
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