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man·tle1
/ ˈmantl/
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n.
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a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl, worn esp. by women.
∎ fig.
a covering of a specified sort:
the houses were covered with a thick mantle of snow.
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(also gas mantle)
a fragile mesh cover fixed around a gas jet, kerosene wick, etc., to give an incandescent light when heated.
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Ornithol.
a bird's back, scapulars, and wing coverts, esp. when of a distinctive color.
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Zool.
an outer or enclosing layer of tissue, esp. (in mollusks, cirripedes, and brachiopods) a fold of skin enclosing the viscera and secreting the substance that produces the shell.
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an important role or responsibility that passes from one person to another:
the second son has now assumed his father's mantle.
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Geol.
the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks (mainly peridotite).
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the corresponding part of another planetary body:
the lunar mantle.
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v.
1. [tr.] poetic/lit.
clothe in or as if in a mantle; cloak or envelop:
heavy mists mantled the forested slopes.
∎ archaic
(of blood) suffuse (the face):
a warm pink mounted to the girl's cheeks and mantled her brow.
∎ [intr.]
(of the face) glow with a blush:
her rich face mantling with emotion.
∎ [intr.] archaic
(of a liquid) become covered with a head or froth.
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[intr.]
(of a bird of prey on the ground or on a perch) spread the wings and tail, esp. so as to cover captured prey.
man·tle2
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n.
variant spelling of mantel.
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Mantle, one of baseball's icons, dies of cancer at 63.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/14/1995; ; 700+ words
; No.7, Mickey Mantle, the legendary centerfielder for the...game's leading icons of this century. Mantle, 63, died at 2:10 a.m. at Baylor...conferences since the liver surgery, Mantle had appeared strikingly thin and pale...
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Mantle Receives New Liver
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/9/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...process, baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle has survived the first stage of his bout with liver cancer. Mantle received a new liver during a 7 1/2...although critical." Most important for Mantle was the discovery by surgeons that the...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Mantle special a bit wobbly.(Sports)(TV & Radio)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 7/8/2005; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Ted Cox "When you say 'Mickey Mantle,' you say 'baseball,' " says an interview...subject in the new HBO Sports documentary "Mantle," and even for kids growing up today...true when I was growing up in the '60s. Mantle was the epitome of a baseball player...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MANTLE A BIG HIT WITH COLLECTORS.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/17/1995; 700+ words
; ...the only thing better than seeing Mickey Mantle hit one out of the park was to open a...Those same fans renewed their search for Mantle memorabilia a decade agoand wound up fueling...collectors again are trying to buy up anything Mantle. ``People want more pieces of him than...
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MANTLE: THE MAN, THE MAGIC HE COULD RUN AND CATCH, BUT, BOY, COULD HE HIT.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/14/1995; 700+ words
; ...There was something special about Mickey Mantle, about the way he carried himself, a kind...built and DiMaggio decorated, it was where Mantle set up housekeeping. The Yankees brought up Mantle in 1951, just as Joe DiMaggio's career...
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Mantle's legend began _ and almost ended _ 50 years ago in KC.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/11/2001; ; 700+ words
; KANSAS CITY _ Mutt Mantle knew the day would come. That's why...that on his one trip to New York, Mutt Mantle saw the statue of Atlas in front of Rockefeller...thought." There's one thing that Mutt Mantle knew for sure _ that his son Mickey was...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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MANTLE'S LIFE BOTH GLORIOUS AND TRAGIC\ DOCUMENTARY DEBUTS TONIGHT.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 7/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...Associated Press DALLAS -- In telling Mickey Mantle's story, it's easy to get wrapped...subtitled "the definitive story of Mickey Mantle," filmmakers decided to scale back the...the end of his life." The hourlong "Mantle" debuts at 9 tonight on HBO. Much of...
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MANTLE IS `SERIOUSLY ILL'.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/7/1995; 700+ words
; ...The Dallas Morning News DALLAS Mickey Mantle suffers from progressive liver failure...said Tuesday. Dr. Kent Hamilton said Mantle, 63, is ``seriously ill'' and will...donor organs,'' Hamilton said. He said Mantle's condition probably would move him...
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Mantle Still Hits Cleanup
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 2/20/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...anythingout of it." The Mantles have their own "official...signed a deal allowing Mantle's image to be used...in Ohio lastyear, the Mantles also sued a Cooperstown...company for sellinga $199 Mantle bat. The Mantles' dispute with Rothgeb...
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MANTLE'S MARTIN WAS 'GRUFF, KIND-HEARTED'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/29/1989; ; 700+ words
; NEW YORK - Mickey Mantle walking into Mickey Mantle's Restaurant and Bar. Usually not a strange sight. But...followed him through the glass doors. This was not to be one of Mantle's routine business visits, a trip that usually would coincide...
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Mantle Plumes
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Mantle plumes Convection in Earth's mantle created by the dissipation of internal heat produces up-welling hot columns called mantle plumes and cold, sinking sheets. Numerical modeling suggests...
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Mickey Mantle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Mickey Mantle "The Mick," switch-hitting Mickey Mantle (1932-1995) won four home-run championships, a Triple...year career with the New York Yankees. Mickey Charles Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, to Elvin ("Mutt...
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mantle convection, plumes, viscosity, and dynamics
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
mantle convection, plumes, viscosity, and dynamics...large rigid plates float on a fluid plastic mantle. These plates move about the surface of...be driven in some way. Furthermore, if mantle rocks are able to flow, then the transport...
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Mantle, Mickey
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Mickey Mantle Born: October 20, 1931Spavinaw, OklahomaDied...baseball player Baseball player Mickey Mantle (known as "the Mick") won four home...York Yankees. Early years Mickey Charles Mantle was born on October 20, 1931, in Spavinaw...
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mantle and core composition
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
mantle and core composition Together, the mantle and core make up more than 99 per cent of the solid Earth's volume (Fig. 1). The mantle occupies the shell directly below the crust and extends to...
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