Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mantle"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Mantle
(1.) Heb. 'addereth, a large over-garment. This word is used of
Elijah's mantle (1 Kings 19:13, 19; 2 Kings 2:8, 13, etc.),
which was probably a sheepskin. It appears to have been his only
garment, a strip of skin or leather binding it to his loins.
_'Addereth_ twice occurs with the epithet "hairy" (Gen. 25:25;
Zech. 13:4, R.V.). It is the word denoting the "goodly
Babylonish garment" which Achan coveted (Josh. 7:21).
(2.) Heb. me'il, frequently applied to the "robe of the ephod"
(Ex. 28:4, 31; Lev. 8:7), which was a splendid under tunic
wholly of blue, reaching to below the knees. It was woven
without seam, and was put on by being drawn over the head. It
was worn not only by priests but by kings (1 Sam. 24:4),
prophets (15:27), and rich men (Job 1:20; 2:12). This was the
"little coat" which Samuel's mother brought to him from year to
year to Shiloh (1 Sam. 2:19), a miniature of the official
priestly robe.
(3.) Semikah, "a rug," the garment which Jael threw as a
covering over Sisera (Judg. 4:18). The Hebrew word occurs
nowhere else in Scripture.
(4.) Maataphoth, plural, only in Isa. 3:22, denoting a large
exterior tunic worn by females. (See {DRESS}.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mantel \Man"tel\, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F.
manteau de chemin['e]e. See {Mantle}.] (Arch.)
The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in
front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above
the fireplace, and its supports. [Written also {mantle}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mantle \Man"tle\, n. [OE. mantel, OF. mantel, F. manteau, fr. L.
mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf.
mantele, mantile, towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the
root of tela cloth. See {Manual}, {Textile}, and cf.
{Mandil}, {Mantel}, {Mantilla}.]
1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an
enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering
or concealing envelope.
[The] children are clothed with mantles of satin.
--Bacon.
The green mantle of the standing pool. --Shak.
Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming
tree. --Burns.
2. (Her.) Same as {Mantling}.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior
membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a
cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of
{Buccinum}, and {Byssus}.
(b) Any free, outer membrane.
(c) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
4. (Arch.) A mantel. See {Mantel}.
5. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the
hearth. --Raymond.
6. (Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mantle \Man"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mantled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mantling}.]
To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to
disguise. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mantle \Man"tle\, v. i.
1. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said
of hawks. Also used figuratively.
Ne is there hawk which mantleth on her perch.
--Spenser.
Or tend his sparhawk mantling in her mew. --Bp.
Hall.
My frail fancy fed with full delight. Doth bathe in
bliss, and mantleth most at ease. --Spenser.
2. To spread out; -- said of wings.
The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings
mantling proudly, rows. --Milton.
3. To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread;
as, the scum mantled on the pool.
Though mantled in her cheek the blood. --Sir W.
Scott.
4. To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum,
etc.
There is a sort of men whose visages Do cream and
mantle like a standing pond. --Shak.
Nor bowl of wassail mantle warm. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mantle
n 1: the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of
authority on younger shoulders"
2: United States baseball player (1931-1997) [syn: {Mantle}, {Mickey
Mantle}, {Mickey Charles Mantle}]
3: the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
4: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: {blanket}]
5: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or
brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
[syn: {pallium}]
6: shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England
they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: {mantel}, {mantelpiece},
{mantlepiece}, {chimneypiece}]
7: hanging cloth used as a blind [syn: {curtain}, {drape}, {drapery},
{pall}]
8: a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter [syn: {cape}]
v 1: spread over a surface, like a mantle
2: cover like a mantle: "The ivy mantles the building"
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