mantle /manˈtl/

1. The status, role, authority, etc of a person as assumed by or passed on to another (in allusion to Elijah in Bible, 1 Kings 19.19 ff)
2. A fold of the external skin of a mollusc or a brachiopod secreting the substance forming shell (zoology)
3. The back and folded wings of a bird
4. A scum on a liquid (archaic)
5. A hood or network of fire-resistant material that becomes incandescent when exposed to a flame
6. The part of the earth immediately beneath the crust, constituting the greater part of the earth's bulk, and presumed to consist of solid heavy rock
7. A cloak or loose outer garment (archaic)
8. A covering (esp poetic)

1. To cover (esp poetic)
2. To obscure
3. To form a scum on (archaic)
4. To suffuse with colour (literary)
5. To disguise

1. To spread or extend like a mantle
2. To develop a scum or crust (archaic)
3. To froth or bubble
4. To be suffused with colour, to blush (literary)
5. (of a hawk) to stretch the wings over the legs (falconry)

manˈtlet or manˈtelet noun

1. A small cloak for women, worn esp in the 19c
2. A movable shield or screen (fortification)

manˈtling noun

1. Cloth suitable for mantles
2. The drapery of a coat of arms (heraldry)

mantle rock noun

Loose rock at the earth's surface

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