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Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed

Palliobranchiate :: Palliobranchiate (a.) Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods..

Unmantle :: Unmantle (v. t.) To divest of a mantle; to uncover.

Tectibranchiate :: Tectibranchiate (a.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.

Inferobranchiata :: Inferobranchiata (n. pl.) A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle..

Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak..

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

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth..

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.

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..

Tunicated :: Tunicated (a.) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata..

Disgarnish :: Disgarnish (v. t.) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.

Straight :: Stragulum (n.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird..

Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state..

Inferobranchiate :: Inferobranchiate (a.) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata..

Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened..

Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

Immantle :: Immantle (v. t.) See Emmantle.

Pallium :: Pallium (n.) The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle.

Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To disable; to render useless.

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