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Webster 1913 Edition

Mantua

Man′tu-a

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Noun.

1.

A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.

[Obs.]

Beck (Draper’s Dict.).

2.

A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.

[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Mantua

MAN'TUA

,

Noun.

A lady's gown.