Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAN'TLE
MAN'TLEMAN'TLE-PIECE, or MAN'TLE-SHELF
MAN'TLE, v.t.
To cloke; to cover; to disguise. So the rising senses / Begin to chase th' ignorant fumes, that mantle / Their clearer reason. Shak.
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