Definition of mantle

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Mantle (v. i.) To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc..

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Tectibranchiate :: Tectibranchiate (a.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.
Dismantled :: Dismantled (imp. & p. p.) of Dismantl.
Palliobranchiate :: Palliobranchiate (a.) Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
Unmantle :: Unmantle (v. t.) To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
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..
Pall :: Pall (n.) An outer garment; a cloak mantle.
Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) Any free, outer membrane..
Disgarnish :: Disgarnish (v. t.) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
Tectibranchiata :: Tectibranchiata (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples..
Dolly Varden :: Dolly Varden () A character in Dickens's novel Barnaby Rudge, a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons..
Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
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..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) Same as Mantling.
Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state..
Portmantle :: Portmantle (n.) A portmanteau.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak..
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..
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