mantis shrimp (mantis shrimp)

1. A stomatopod ous crustacean of the family Squillida, as Squilla mantis or S. em pus a: so called from the resemblance to the insect called mantis. See Go no dactylus, Squilla. Also called mantis-crab and locust-shrimp.-2. A lemodipodous crustacean of the family Caprel lidæ, as Caprella linear is; a specter-shrimp: so called for the same reason as above. Mantis-shrimp ( Squilla empusa). mantistic (man-tis'tik), a. [Irreg. An idea of spiritual or mantistic qualities supposed to be peculiar to the female sex. A. Wilder, Knight's Anc. Art and Myth. (1876), p. 144. mantle (man'tl), n. [Formerly also mantel (still retained in the architectural sense), man tell ; mantel , mantylle , partly (a) mentel = OFries. D. MLG. mantel = OHG. mantal , mandal , MHG. mantel, mandel , G. mantel = Icel. möttull = Sw. Dan. mantel , a cloak; partly ( b ) mantel , F. manteau (> E. manteau , mantol , also mantua , q. v.), a cloak, a mantel (in arch.), = Pr. mantel , a cloak, = Sp. mantel , a table-cloth, = It. mantello , a cloak; all mantellum , mantelum , a cloak, mantle, also mantele , man telium , mantile, man tilium, a towel, napkin, table-cloth, whence also It. mantile, mantle, = Pg. mantilha = Sp. man till a = It. dim. mantiglia, mantilla (> F. G. man tille = E. mantilla, q. v.), a mantle; also ( mantellum, regarded as dim.) ML. mantum, > It. manto, amman to = Sp. Pg. manto, m., also Sp. Pg. manta = F. mante, f., a cloak; perhaps orig. a 'hand-cloth,' see toil2. A similar reduction of manus to man occurs in man suete, mancipate, etc.] 1. A loose sleevele garment worn as an outer covering, falling in straight lines from the shoulders; a simple kind of cloak. Mantles were originally mere pieces of cloth of suitable size and shape, the upper corners of which were brought together and fastened at the neck or over one shoulder, with the loose edges lapping in front or at one side. Those worn during the middle ages and later were large and loose, capable of being drawn acro the breast, but usually open in front and secured acro the breast by a lace or chain. Long flowing mantles form a part of the distinguishing costume or insignia of British and other nobles and Mantle of Man-at-arms, 15th century. knights, and are represented more or le conventionally behind the escutcheon in coats of arms. The damsell was in her smok, with a mantill a-bouten hir. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 17. And Elijah took his mantle , and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. 2 Ki. ii. 8. 2. Figuratively, a cover or covering; something that conceals. Specifically - (a) An outer covering of a wall, differing in material from the inner part. (b) In founding, a covering of porous clay laid over pattern in When heat is applied the wax melts and runs out, leaving the clay mantle in condition to serve as a mold. (c) The outer enveloping masonry of a blast-furnace. (d) In zool. and an at., some part or organ which covers, conceals, or mantles: (1) In Mollusca, the pallium. (2) In Cirriped i a, the sac, formed by the dorsal part of the integument, which incloses the body. (3) In ornith., the pallium or stragulum. See stragulum. (4) The tunic of an ascidian. 3. In her., same as mantling, 3.-4. An inclosed chute which leads water from a fore-bay to a water-wheel. E. H. Knight.-5. In the incandescent gas-light of Dr. Auer von We is bach, a tube variously composed of one or more of the oxids of zirconium, lanthanum, thorium, and cerium, and prepared by dipping a tube of cotton netting (made by a knitting-machine) into a solution, or mixed solutions, of the oxid or oxids, thus coating the filaments, which after coating are burned out, leaving a consolidated tube. Heated from the interior by the flame of Bunsen burners to the temperature of incandescence, these mantles become strongly luminous, and are said to last from 1,000 to 2,000 hours of constant use. - Duche e mantle, a large easy silk cloak for women, worn about 1870.- Electoral mantle. See electoral. - Empre mantle, a kind of burnoose worn by women about 1860. - Josephine mantle, an outer garment for women, with a cape, worn about 1850. -Lady's mantle. See lady's-mantle. To take the mantle or mantle and ring, to vow perpetual widowhood. During the fifteenth century and later, it was customary for widows to take such pledges, sometimes in the presence of a clergyman or other witne es. See widow's mantle, below. - Watteau mantle, a woman's mantle or cloak worn about 1865, distinguished by a Watteau back and other resemblances to garments represented in the pictures of Watteau.- Widow's mantle, a mantle a umed, usually with a ring, as evidence of a vow of perpetual widowhood. It appears to have been a ru et cloak. mantle (man'tl), v.; pret. and pp. mantled, ppr. mantling. [ So their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason. IMG:content-0210.jpg:[graphic] Mar. Shak., Tempest, v. 1. 67. Come I too late? Com. Ay, if you come not in the blood of others, But mantled in your own. Shak., Cor., i. 6. 29. Darkne the skies had mantled o'er In aid of her design. Cowper, Queen's Visit to London. Specifically-2. In the manufacture of alum from shales or alum ores, to cover (a partly or completely calcined heap of the ore) with a layer of previously calcined ore. Volatilization and lo of sulphur exce ive heat and the injurious action of wind and rain are thus avoided during the progre of the operation and while the heap is cooling. Calcination is then effected by means of a smothered fire. To this end, the ma is after a time covered with a coating of calcined ore, or mantled , as it is termed, in order to shelter the burning heap from wind and rain, and to moderate the heat. Spons' Encyc . Manuf ., I. 327. II. in trans. 1. To expand and spread; serve as a mantle or covering. The pair [of wings] that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament. Milton , P. L., v. 279. 2. To become covered with a coating, as a barmy liquid; send up froth or scum; cream, or cream over; foam. IMG:content-0211.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0212.png:[blocks in formation] The rosy blush of morn began to mantle in the east. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 109. You could see an unusual, because a lively, spark dan- cing in his eyes, and a new-found vivacity mantling on his dark physiognomy. Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, iii. Well covered with the night's black mantle. Milton , P. L., iii. 10. same as tapetal cell. In cryptogamy , mantled mantled (man'tld), p. a. [ They haue a Fort very well pallisadoed and mantel led with barkes of trees. Capt. John Smith , Works, I. 120. They built two houses for them he daily expected from England, a faire Well of fresh water mantled with bricke, Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, II. 84. mantle piece, n. See mantelpiece . mantler (mant'ler), n. One who wears or is dre ed in a mantle; one whose only clothing is a mantle. In Antwerp they pictured the Queen of Bohemia like a poor Irish mantler , with her hair hanging about her ears and her child at her back. IMG:content-0213.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A loose cloak worn by women about 1850. mantua-gownt (man'tu-a-goun), n. A loose outer garment worn by women. E. Phillips. mantua-maker (man'tū-ä-maker), n. One who makes women's gowns; a dre maker. By profe ion a mantua - maker ; I am employed by the most fashionable ladies. Add is on , Guardian, No. 118. Mantua-maker's hem, a manner of uniting two pieces of material expeditiously, used by dre makers, etc. The ridge of the seam is left standing, not sewed down flat to the stuff. See manteltree .