mantle : Idioms & Phrases

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Blue mantle

  • (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; so called from the color of his official robes.
Webster 1913

cerebral mantle

  • noun the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
    pallium; cerebral cortex; cortex.
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Foot mantle

  • a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. Obs.
Webster 1913

ivy-mantled

I"vy-man`tled adjective
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  1. Covered with ivy.
Webster 1913

lady's mantle

La"dy's man"tle
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  1. (Bot.) A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.
Webster 1913

lower mantle

  • noun the deeper part of the mantle
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mantled ground squirrel

  • noun common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America; resembles a large chipmunk
    Citellus lateralis.
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mickey charles mantle

  • noun United States baseball player (1931-1997)
    Mickey Charles Mantle; Mantle.
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mickey mantle

  • noun United States baseball player (1931-1997)
    Mickey Charles Mantle; Mantle.
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upper mantle

  • noun the upper part of the mantle
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