Part 2021

<hw>Clote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cl<?/te</ets>: cf. G. <ets>klette</ets>.]</ety> <def>The common burdock; the clotbur.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

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<hw>Cloth</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cloths</plw> <tt>(#; 115)</tt>, except in the sense of garments, when it is <plw>Clothes</plw> (kl\'d3thz &or; kl\'d3z).</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>clath</ets> cloth, AS. <ets>cl\'be\'ed</ets> cloth, garment; akin to D. <ets>kleed</ets>, Icel. <ets>kl\'91\'ebi</ets>, Dan. <ets>kl\'91de</ets>, cloth, Sw. <ets>kl\'84de</ets>, G. <ets>kleid</ets> garment, dress.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The dress; raiment. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Clothes</er>.</def>

<blockquote>I'll ne'er distust my God for <b>cloth</b> and bread. <i>Quarles.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.</def>

<blockquote>Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their <b>cloth</b>? <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>cloth</b>, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Body cloth</col>. <cd>See under <er>Body</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cloth of gold</col>, <cd>a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold.</cd> -- <col>Cloth measure</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Cloth paper</col>, <cd>a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth.</cd> -- Cloth <col>shearer</col>, <cd>one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Clothe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clothed</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt> &or; <er>Clad</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clothing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>clathen</ets>, <ets>clothen</ets>, <ets>clethen</ets>, AS. <ets>cl\'be\'ebian</ets>, <ets>cl\'91\'eban</ets>. See <er>Cloth</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.</def>

<blockquote>Go with me, to <b>clothe</b> you as becomes you. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To provide with clothes; <as>as, to feed and <ex>clothe</ex> a family; to <ex>clothe</ex> one's self extravagantly.</as></def>

<blockquote>Drowsiness shall <b>clothe</b> a man with rags. <i>Prov. xxiii. 21</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The naked every day he <b>clad</b>, When he put on his clothes. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; <as>as, to <ex>clothe</ex> one with authority or power</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Language in which they can <b>clothe</b> their thoughts. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His sides are <b>clothed</b> with waving wood. <i>J. Dyer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thus Belial, with with words <b>clothed</b> in reason's garb. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Clothe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To wear clothes.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>Care no more to <b>clothe</b> eat. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Clothes</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Cloth</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good <b>clothes</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If I may touch but his <b>clothes</b>, I shall be whole. <i>Mark. v. 28.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The covering of a bed; bedclothes.</def>