Definition of mantle

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

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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..
Unmantle :: Unmantle (v. t.) To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
Ivy-mantled :: Ivy-mantled (a.) Covered with ivy.
Flow :: Flow (v. i.) To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.
Chlamydate :: Chlamydate (a.) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.
Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..
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..
Mantling :: Mantling (n.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin..
Padelion :: Padelion (n.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.
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..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise..
Retirade :: Retirade (n.) A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth..
Tunicated :: Tunicated (a.) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata..
Pallial :: Pallial (a.) Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve..
Achlamydate :: Achlamydate (a.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.
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..
Cream :: Cream (v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle..
Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened..
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