Definition of Mantles

1. Noun. (plural of mantle) ¹

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Definition of Mantles

1. mantle [v] - See also: mantle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantles

mantissae
mantissas
mantle
mantle-tree
mantle field
mantle layer
mantle plume
mantle sclerosis
mantle zone
mantled
mantled ground squirrel
mantled guereza
mantled guerezas
mantlepiece
mantlepieces
mantles (current term)
mantlet
mantletree
mantletrees
mantlets
mantling
mantlings
manto
mantoes
mantologist
mantologists
mantology
mantos
mantou
mantra

Literary usage of Mantles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1913)
"The mantles are impregnated by being soaked in a 25 to 33 per cent, water solution of thorium and cerium nitrates in the proportion of 99 :1, to which very ..."

2. The Ohio Nisi Prius Reports by Ohio Courts (1905)
"II, NS Of the three hundred and eighteen mantles sent back by plaintiff to the Raritan Company, one hundred found their way into the hands of these ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"II Harp W 62:248 Mr 11 '16 46-7 Uly '16 Mantelpieces found in old Dutch colonial houses, il House В 30:69 F '16 mantles, Gas. See Gas mantles Manual ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In the early days ol incandescent lighting the mantles had to be sent oui unburnt, ... The cause of the superiority of these mantles having been realized» ..."

5. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"99.39 The sheaths or mantles separating the olivine from the feldspar in these rocks are probably thicker and their constituent minerals more distinctly ..."

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