A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
A sign that guides people; guidepost.
A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
to act as a guide.
to exert control or influence over someone or something.
to supervise the education or training of someone.
to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
A penstock for a water wheel.
A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
The layer between the Earth's core and crust.
A mantling.
A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.)
The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
The zone of hot gases around a flame.
The cerebral cortex.
The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak.
A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.)
The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted.
A fireplace shelf; Alternative spelling of mantel
To climb over or onto something.
To become covered or concealed.
To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.