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- noun archaic A beam of
wood over the opening of an openfireplace , from which items were hung.
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The mantle-tree was a huge beam of oak, protected from the blaze only by the current of cold air constantly ascending.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 Various
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Upon the mantle-tree, for I am a pretty curious observer, stood a pot of lambative electuary, with a stick of liquorice, and near it a phial of rose-water, and powder of tutty.
Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer Richard Steele 1700
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