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MANTLE , a See also:long flowing cloak without sleeves, worn by either See also:sex. Particularly applied to the long robe worn over the See also:armour by the men-at-arms of the See also:middle ages, the name is still given to the See also:robes of See also:state of See also:kings, peers, and the members of an See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of knights. Thus the " electoral mantle " was a robe of See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office worn by the imperial See also:electors, and the See also:Teutonic knights were known as the orde alborum mantellorum from their See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white mantles. As an See also:article of See also:women's See also:dress a mantle now means a loose cloak or cape, of any length, and made of See also:silk, See also:velvet, or other See also:rich material. The word is derived from the Latin mantellum or mantelum, a cloak, and is probably the same as, or another See also:form of, mantelium or mantele, a table-napkin or table-See also:cloth, from See also:manes, See also:hand, and tela, a cloth. A See also:late Latin mantum, from which several See also:Romance See also:languages have taken words (cf. Ital. manta, and Fr. mante), must, as the. New See also:English See also:Dictionary points out, be a " back-formation," and this will explain the diminutive form of the See also:Spanish mantilla. From the old See also:French mantel came the English
compounds ' " mantel-piece," " mantel-shelf," for the See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone or See also:wood See also:beam which serves as a support for the structure above a See also:fire-See also:place, together with the whole framework, whether of wood, stone, &c., that acts as an See also:ornament of 'the same (see See also:CHIMNEYPIECE). The See also:modern French form manteau is used in English chiefly as a dressmaker's See also:term for a woman's mantle. " See also:Mantua," much used in the 18th See also:century for a similar garment, is probably a corruption of manteau, due to silk or other materials coming from the See also:Italian See also:town of that name, and known by the See also:trade name of " mantuas." The Spanish mantilla is a covering for the See also:head and shoulders of white or See also:black See also:lace or other material, the characteristic head-dress of women in• See also:southern and central See also:Spain. It is occasionally seen in the other parts of Spain and Spanish countries, and also in See also:Portugal.
"Mantle " is used in many transferred senses, all with the meaning of " covering," as in See also:zoology, for an enclosing See also:sac or integument; thus it is applied to the See also:tunic " or layer of connective-See also:tissue forming the See also:body-See also:wall of ascidians enclosing muscle-See also:fibres, See also:blood-sinuses and nerves (see See also:TUNICATA). The term is also used for a See also:meshed cap of refractory oxides 'employed in systems of incandescent See also:lighting (see LIGHTING). The verb is used for the creaming or frothing of liquids and of the suffusing of the skin with blood. In See also:heraldry " mantling," also known as " See also:panache," " lambrequin " or " contoise, is an ornamental appendage to an See also:escutcheon, of flowing drapery, forming a background (see HERALDRY).
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