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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

1. A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.)
2. (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
3. (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
4. (zoology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
5. (zoology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
6. The zone of hot gases around a flame; the gauzy incandescent covering of a gas lamp.
7. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
8. A penstock for a water wheel.
9. (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
10. (geology) The layer between the Earth's core and crust.
11. A fireplace shelf;
12. (heraldry) A mantling.

Verbit

1. (transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
2. (intransitive) To become covered or concealed.
3. (of face, cheeks) To flush.