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Clothes \Clothes\ (kl[=o][th]z or kl[=o]z; 277), 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.
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She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good
clothes. --Shak.
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If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
--Mark. v. 28.
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2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
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She turned each way her frighted head,
Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. --Prior.
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{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 larv[ae] 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.
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Cloth \Cloth\ (kl[o^]th; 115), n.; pl. {Cloths} (kl[o^][th]z;
115), except in the sense of garments, when it is {Clothes}
(kl[=o]thz or kl[=o]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[=a][thorn]
cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[ae][eth]i, Dan.
kl[ae]de, cloth, Sw. kl[aum]de, 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.
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2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See {Clothes}.
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I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread.
--Quarles.
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3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
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Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they
tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
their cloth? --Macaulay.
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The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
administering and for giving the best possible
effect to . . . every axiom. --I. Taylor.
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{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.
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