Chapter Manorial to Manurable of M by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

1. A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.

2. A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; — worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.

Mantis
(||Man"tis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a prophet.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina.

Mantis shrimp. (Zoöl.) See Sguilla.

Mantispid
(Man*tis"pid) n. (Zoöl.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.

Mantissa
(Man*tis*sa) n. [L., an addition, makeweight; of Tuscan origin.] (Math.) The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.

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. (Zoöl.) (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.

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.

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.