mantle

n.	1.
	1.	A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. [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.	(Zool.) 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.
	4.	(Arch.) A mantel. See Mantel.
	5.	The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
	6.	(Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel.
	7.	(Geol.) The highly viscous shell of hot semisolid rock, about 1800 miles thick, lying under the crust of the Earth and above the core. Also, by analogy, a similar shell on any other planet.
v. t.	1.	To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise. [imp. & p. p. Mantled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mantling .]
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.
	2.	To spread out; - said of wings. The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows. - Milton.
	3.	To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool. Though mantled in her cheek the blood. - Sir W. Scott.
	4.	To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc. There is a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond. - Shak. Nor bowl of wassail mantle warm. - Tennyson.

Noun	1.	mantle - the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
	2.	Mantle - United States baseball player (1931-1997) Synonyms: Mickey Charles Mantle, Mickey Mantle
	3.	mantle - the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
	4.	mantle - anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" Synonyms: blanket
	5.	mantle - (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell Synonyms: pallium
	6.	mantle - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece" Synonyms: chimneypiece, mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece
	7.	mantle - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Synonyms: curtain, drape, drapery, pall
	8.	mantle - a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter Synonyms: cape
Verb	1.	mantle - spread over a surface, like a mantle
	2.	mantle - cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"

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