r.b. mantle
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mantel or (less commonly) mantle (ˈmæntəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a wooden or stone frame around the opening of a fireplace, together with its decorative facing |
| 2. | Also called: mantel shelf a shelf above this frame |
| [C15: from French, variant of | |
| mantle or (less commonly) mantle | |
| —n | |
| [C15: from French, variant of | |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| mantle (ˈmæntəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | archaic a loose wrap or cloak |
| 2. | such a garment regarded as a symbol of someone's power or authority: he assumed his father's mantle |
| 3. | anything that covers completely or envelops: a mantle of snow |
| 4. | a small dome-shaped or cylindrical mesh impregnated with cerium or thorium nitrates, used to increase illumination in a gas or oil lamp |
| 5. | zoology Also called: pallium |
| a. a protective layer of epidermis in molluscs that secretes a substance forming the shell | |
| b. a similar structure in brachiopods | |
| 6. | ornithol the feathers of the folded wings and back, esp when these are of a different colour from the remaining feathers |
| 7. | geology See also asthenosphere the part of the earth between the crust and the core, accounting for more than 82% of the earth's volume (but only 68% of its mass) and thought to be composed largely of peridotite |
| 8. | a less common spelling of mantel |
| 9. | anatomy another word for pallium |
| 10. | a clay mould formed around a wax model which is subsequently melted out |
| —vb | |
| 11. | (tr) to envelop or supply with a mantle |
| 12. | to spread over or become spread over: the trees were mantled with snow |
| 13. | (tr) (of the face, cheeks) to become suffused with blood; flush |
| 14. | (intr) falconry (of a hawk or falcon) to spread the wings and tail over food |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin mantellum, diminutive of mantum cloak] | |
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mantle  (mān'tl) Pronunciation Key
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Mantle definition
(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.)
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