Definition of mantle

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Mantle (v. i.) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool..

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Straight :: Stragulum (n.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A mantel. See Mantel.
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..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak..
Emmantle :: Emmantle (v. t.) To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection..
Mantlet :: Mantlet (n.) See Mantelet.
Manteau :: Manteau (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle.
Chasuble :: Chasuble (n.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle..
Mantua :: Mantua (n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise..
Tunicated :: Tunicated (a.) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.
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..
Tectibranchiate :: Tectibranchiate (a.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To disable; to render useless.
Disgarnish :: Disgarnish (v. t.) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state..
Immantle :: Immantle (v. t.) See Emmantle.
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..
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..
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