| • | A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope. |
| • | Same as Mantling. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Any free, outer membrane. |
| • | The back of a bird together with the folded wings. |
| • | A mantel. See Mantel. |
| • | The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth. |
| • | A penstock for a water wheel. |
| • | To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise. |
| • | To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively. |
| • | To spread out; -- said of wings. |
| • | To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool. |
| • | To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc. |
