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  • English Word Mantle Definition A mantel. See Mantel.
  • English Word Mantle Definition The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
  • English Word Mantle Definition A penstock for a water wheel.
  • English Word Mantle Definition To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.
  • English Word Mantle Definition To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.
  • English Word Mantle Definition To spread out; -- said of wings.
  • English Word Mantle Definition To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
  • English Word Mantle Definition To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
  • English Word Mantled Definition of Mantle
  • English Word Mantlet Definition See Mantelet.
  • English Word Mantling Definition of Mantle
  • English Word Mantling Definition The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.
  • English Word Manto Definition See Manteau.
  • English Word Mantologist Definition One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner.
  • English Word Mantology Definition The act or art of divination.
  • English Word Mantra Definition A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm.
  • English Word Mantrap Definition A trap for catching trespassers.
  • English Word Mantrap Definition A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.
  • English Word Mantua Definition A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
  • English Word Mantua Definition A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.
  • English Word Mantuamaker Definition One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.
  • English Word Mantuan Definition Of or pertaining to Mantua.
  • English Word Mantuan Definition A native or inhabitant of Mantua.
  • English Word Manu Definition One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors of human wisdom.
  • English Word Manual Definition Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.
  • English Word Manual Definition A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • English Word Manual Definition A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys.
  • English Word Manual Definition A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).
  • English Word Manualist Definition One who works with the hands; an artificer.
  • English Word Manually Definition By hand.