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Pallium :: Pallium (n.) The mantle of a bird.

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

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

Tabard :: Tabard (n.) A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds..

Outmantle :: Outmantle (v. t.) To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress..

Siphonata :: Siphonata (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug..

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

Mantled :: Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantl.

Siphonobranchiata :: Siphonobranchiata (n. pl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group..

Mantua :: Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown..

Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.

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..

Manteau :: Manteau (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle.

Purl :: Purl (v. & n.) To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle..

Ream :: Ream (v. i.) To cream; to mantle.

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..

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

Pellibranchiata :: Pellibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill..

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

Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.

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