*cloth*

A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cloth worn around the breech. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum; -- a foprm of sandpaper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ L. cera wax + E. cloth. ] A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Linen, besmeared with gums, in manner of cerecloth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thin, loosely-woven cotton cloth of a gauze texture, such as is used in pressing cheese curds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Cloths except in the sense of garments, when it is Clothes (klōthz or klōz). [ OE. clath cloth, AS. clāþ cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. klæði, Dan. klæde, cloth, Sw. kläde, G. kleid garment, dress. ] 1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dress; raiment. [ Obs. ] See Clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread. Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth? Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Body cloth. See under Body. --
Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold. --
Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails. --
Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth
shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having rigid front and back covers, covered with cloth; -- of books. Contrasted to softcover. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clothed it>or Clad p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing. ] [ OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. clāðian, cl&aemacr_;ðan. See Cloth. ] 1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov. xxiii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

The naked every day he clad,
When he put on his clothes. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. [ 1913 Webster ]

Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sides are clothed with waving wood. J. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To wear clothes. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Care no more to clothe eat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. wearing clothing. [ Narrower terms: adorned(predicate), bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked out(predicate); appareled, attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed; arrayed, panoplied; breeched, pantalooned, trousered; bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed: decent ] [ Narrower terms: dight ] [ Narrower terms: dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up ] [ Narrower terms: gowned ] [ Narrower terms: habited ] [ Narrower terms: heavy-coated ] [ Narrower terms: overdressed ] [ Narrower terms: petticoated ] [ Narrower terms: red-coated, lobster-backed ] [ Narrower terms: surpliced ] [ Narrower terms: togged dressed esp in smart clothes) ] [ Narrower terms: turned out ] [ Narrower terms: underdressed ] [ Narrower terms: uniformed ] [ Narrower terms: vestmented ] Also See: adorned, decorated. Antonym: unclothed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak. fog-cloaked meadows
Syn. -- cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ From Cloth. ] 1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. [ 1913 Webster ]

She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark. v. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

She turned each way her frighted head,
Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Body clothes. See under Body. --
Clothes moth (Zool.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species (Tinea flavifrontella) is yellowish white. The larvæ eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.

Syn. -- Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a brush used for cleaning clothing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A frame to hang clothes on. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a person who is conspicuous for dressing fashionably, especially one who spends much time or money to acquire clothing. [ PJC ]

adj. unclothed. Opposite of clothed.
Syn. -- garmentless, raimentless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A forked piece of wood or plastic, or a small device with a spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A receptacle for clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

From others he shall stand in need of nothing,
Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. Ps. xxxv. 13 [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of process of making cloth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Instructing [ refugees ] in the art of clothing. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Clottered. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean. [ Written also crumcloth. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a mild bipolar disorder. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to cyclothymia.
Syn. -- cyclothymic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A cloth used for washing dishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a sheet of material used to cover objects or surfaces while painting a ceiling or wall of a house, so as to protect objects from being marred by drops of paint splashed inadvertantly in the painting process. Originally such drop cloths were made of cloth, but more recently paper or plastic have also commonly been used. [ PJC ]

n. A piece of cloth used for wiping dust from objects or surfaces.
Syn. -- dustrag, duster. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To clothe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

or /mhw>, n., (Naut.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., [ Hind. go&nsdot_;, go&nsdot_;ī, a sack, sacking. ] A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gunny bag or
Gunny sack, a sack made of gunny or burlap, used for coarse commodities. In the southern U. S. similar sacks are called crocus sack, croker sack, towsack, and grass sack. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. D. hemel heaven, canopy, tester (akin to G. himmel, and perh. also to E. heaven) + E. cloth; or perh. a corruption of hamper cloth. ] The cloth which covers a coach box. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A handkerchief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a cloth for the trapping of a horse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

def>A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A cloth covering for the loins, worn around the hips; -- sometimes worn in tropical areas as the only article of clothing.
Syn. -- breechcloth, breechclout, G-string. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A coarse cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A piece of any fabric worn around the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. garments designed to be worn in bed, such as pyjamas, a nightgown, etc.
Syn. -- nightwear. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Cloth rendered waterproof by treatment with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering tables, shelves, floors, etc. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. clothing for use outdoors.
Syn. -- outerwear. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ See Piña. ] A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, etc., woven from the fiber obtained from the leaf of the sterile pineapple plant. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a tinge of pale yellow. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]