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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Pall :: Pall (n.) An outer garment; a cloak mantle.
Tunicated :: Tunicated (a.) Having a tunic, or mantle; of or pertaining to the Tunicata..
Ream :: Ream (v. i.) To cream; to mantle.
Disgarnish :: Disgarnish (v. t.) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To disable; to render useless.
Mantled :: Mantled (imp. & p. p.) of Mantl.
Straight :: Stragulum (n.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
Achlamydate :: Achlamydate (a.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.
Mantle :: Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise..
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
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To spread out; -- said of wings.
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..
Chrisom :: Chrisom (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened..
Mantling :: Mantling (n.) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin..
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