MANTLE

(Fr. manteau.) In Architecture, the piece lying horizontally acro from one jamb of a chimney to the other. In Malacology, the external fold of the skin of the motlusks. MANUAL (Lat. mantis, thr hand), was applied originally to the Roman Catholic service book, from its convenient size (being such as might be carried in the hand); but it now signifies any small work used chiefly for the purpose of refen [s. 729]