Definition of mantle

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

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Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.
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..
Dismantled :: Dismantled (imp. & p. p.) of Dismantl.
Cirrus :: Cirrus (n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri..
Pall :: Pall (n.) An outer garment; a cloak mantle.
Outmantle :: Outmantle (v. t.) To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress..
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..
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..
Straight :: Stragulum (n.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A mantel. See Mantel.
Inferobranchiata :: Inferobranchiata (n. pl.) A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle..
Inclusa :: Inclusa (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example..
Ivy-mantled :: Ivy-mantled (a.) Covered with ivy.
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..
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To disable; to render useless.
Emmantle :: Emmantle (v. t.) To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection..
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool..
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