Cloth
[klɒθ] or [klɔθ]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes.
(n.) The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Woven fabric.[2]. [With The prefixed.] Clergy, clerical profession.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing clothes soiled and torn, denotes that deceit will be practised to your harm. Beware of friendly dealings with strangers. For a woman to dream that her clothing is soiled or torn, her virtue will be dragged in the mire if she is not careful of her associates. Clean new clothes, denotes prosperity. To dream that you have plenty, or an assortment of clothes, is a doubtful omen; you may want the necessaries of life. To a young person, this dream denotes unsatisfied hopes and disappointments. See Apparel.
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Examples
- Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Part of the wool of Spain is manufactured in Great Britain, and some part of that cloth is afterwards sent back to Spain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- An important branch of the textile art is cloth finishing, whereby the rough surface of the cloth as it comes from the loom is rendered soft and smooth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The cloth was laid by Lavvy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The cloth, the greasy wool, the polluting dyeing-vats? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Dear me,' said the prim man in the cloth boots, 'it is a very extraordinary circumstance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The worms have eaten the cloth a good deal--there's the stain which Sir Pitt--ha! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I'll make my cloth as I please, and according to the best lights I have. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He began by taking a clean white cloth from a drawer and laying it over the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I'll always wear blue cloth, and nothing but blue cloth. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I turned down the clothes'; continued Giles, rolling back the table-cloth, 'sat up in bed; and listened. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- As soon as he had withdrawn the cloth and placed the dessert upon the table, he began to cough and place himself in an attitude of preparation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At one end of the inquiry there was a murder, and at the other end there was a spot of ink on a table cloth that nobody could account for. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For a fortnight past no cloth had been destroyed; no outrage on mill or mansion had been committed in the three parishes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For safety's sake, all oily cloths should be burned or kept in metal vessels. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Please send me my desk and some CLOTHS--I'm in pumps and a white tye (something like Miss M's stockings)--I've seventy in it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The fat is then packed in cloths set in moulds and a slowly increasing pressure squeezes out the pure amber colored oil, leaving the stearine behind. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Bonjeau's Improvements in Plain Cloths, 1834. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The table-cloths, and pillow-cases, and articles of that kind, are what discourage me most, Copperfield. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The bulk of the trade was in leaf tobacco, and domestic cotton-cloths and calicoes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His father soon decided that his son’s bent did not lie in the direction of a dealer in cloths, and, casting about for a scientific career, chose that of medicine for Galileo. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Brilliant cloths of many hues and strange patterns formed the soft cushion covering of the dais upon which they reclined about her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The edges of the cloths were first crimped or fluted and then sewed by a running stitch. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Washed with an aqueous solution (four drachms of acid to a gallon of water), or kept in it, or wrapped in cloths soaked in this water, keeps fresh for a very long time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- About this time, both in England and America, machines had been devised for sewing lengths of calico and other cloths together, previous to bleaching, dyeing or printing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Butter, cheese, and other foods sensitive to heat are placed in porous vessels wrapped in wet cloths. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Rapid evaporation of the water from the wet cloths keeps the contents of the jars cool, and that without expense other than the muscular energy needed for wetting the cloths frequently. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- You don't wrap up meat in your mistress' best table-cloths? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There the children were seated, and huge baskets, covered up with white cloths, and great smoking tin vessels were brought out. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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