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A woman's cloak or mantle.

s on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. [Written also mantle.]

A short cloak or mantle worn by women. A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. Chaucer.

en vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees.

Same as Mantel.

The shelf of a mantel.

The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.

o the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic. [R.] "Mantic fury." Trench.

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

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 Sgu…

Any neuropterous insect of the genus Mantispa, and allied genera. The larvæ feed on plant lice. Also used adjectively. See Illust. under Neuroptera.

The decimal part of a logarithm, as distinguished from the integral part, or characteristic.

. 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.

See Mantelet.

The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.

See Manteau. [Obs.] Bailey.

One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner. [R.]

The act or art of divination. [R.]

A prayer; an invocation; a religious formula; a charm. [India]

A trap for catching trespassers. [Eng.]