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and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.

Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.

One who levants, or decamps. [Colloq. Eng.]

A woman's cloak or mantle.

The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes 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.

A silk or woolen 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.

A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.

A foreign trader. [Obs.] Shak.

ts. In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced. Hallam. Non obstante veredicto Etym: [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. Stephen.

A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale.

See under Telegraph.

One who pants. Congreve.

Of or pertaining to all the Teutonic races.

Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.

Made heavy or dull; debased. [Obs.] "Pesanted to each lewd thought's control." Marston.

Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.