Part 6818

<hw>Man*tis*sa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., an addition, makeweight; of Tuscan origin.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or <i>characteristic</i>.</def>

<h1>Mantle</h1> <Xpage=893>

<hw>Man"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>mantel</ets>, OF. <ets>mantel</ets>, F. <ets>manteau</ets>, fr. L. <ets>mantellum</ets>, <ets>mantelum</ets>, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. <ets>mantele</ets>, <ets>mantile</ets>, towel, napkin); prob. from <ets>manus</ets> hand + the root of <ets>tela</ets> cloth. See <er>Manual</er>, <er>Textile</er>, and cf. <er>Mandil</er>, <er>Mantel</er>, <er>Mantilla</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.</def>

<blockquote> children are clothed with <b>mantles</b> of satin. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The green <b>mantle</b> of the standing pool. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now Nature hangs her <b>mantle</b> green On every blooming tree. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Mantling</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>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 <i>Illusts</i>. of <er>Buccinum</er>, and <er>Byssus</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any free, outer membrane.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The back of a bird together with the folded wings.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A mantel. See <er>Mantel</er>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Hydraulic Engin.)</fld> <def>A penstock for a water wheel.</def>

<h1>Mantle</h1> <Xpage=893>

<hw>Man"tle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mantled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mantling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Mantle</h1> <Xpage=893>

<hw>Man"tle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.</def>

<blockquote>Ne is there hawk which <b>mantleth</b> on her perch. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Or tend his sparhawk <b>mantling</b> in her mew. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My frail fancy fed with full delight. Doth bathe in bliss, and <b>mantleth</b> most at ease. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To spread out; -- said of wings.</def>

<blockquote>The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings <b>mantling</b> proudly, rows. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; <as>as, the scum <ex>mantled</ex> on the pool</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Though <b>mantled</b> in her cheek the blood. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.</def>

<blockquote>There is a sort of men whose visages Do cream and <b>mantle</b> like a standing pond. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nor bowl of wassail <b>mantle</b> warm. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>