Coat
[kəʊt] or [kot]
Definition
(noun.) growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal.
(noun.) an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors.
(verb.) cover or provide with a coat.
(verb.) form a coat over; 'Dirt had coated her face'.
(verb.) put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; 'coat the cake with chocolate'.
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Definition
(n.) An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.
(n.) A petticoat.
(n.) The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
(n.) An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
(n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.
(n.) Same as Coat of arms. See below.
(n.) A coat card. See below.
(v. t.) To cover with a coat or outer garment.
(v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Outer garment (of men).[2]. Cover, covering, integument, coating.
v. a. Cover, spread a covering over.
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Definition
n. a kind of outer garment: the hair or wool of a beast: vesture or habit: any covering: a garment worn by women and children and hanging from the waist downwards: a membrane or layer such as paint &c.: a coat of arms.—v.t. to clothe: to cover with a coat or layer.—ns. Coat′-arm′our coat of arms: armorial devices; Coat′-card a card bearing the representation of a coated figure the king queen or knave—now less correctly called Court-card; Coatee′ a close-fitting coat with short tails; Coat′ing a covering: cloth for coats.—Coat of arms the family insignia embroidered on the surcoat worn over the hauberk or coat of mail: the heraldic bearings of a gentleman; Coat of mail a piece of armour for the upper part of the body made of metal scales or rings linked one with another.—Turn one's coat to change one's principles or to turn from one party to another.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of wearing another's coat, signifies that you will ask some friend to go security for you. To see your coat torn, denotes the loss of a close friend and dreary business. To see a new coat, portends for you some literary honor. To lose your coat, you will have to rebuild your fortune lost through being over-confident in speculations. See Apparel and Clothes.
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Examples
- Won back his coat,' said Venn slily. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Tell me again whose coat was this? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But he came regularly every evening and sat without his coat, with his head against the wall, as though he would have helped us if he had known how. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He put them, one by one, in the breast of his inner coat, counted out the money for them, and deliberately left the shop. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He rummaged in his coat pocket, and, drawing out a piece of discoloured, blue-tinted paper, he laid it out upon the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Set a bulldog on hind legs, and dress him up in coat and breeches, and yo'n just getten John Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Putting out my hand I felt several coats hanging from the wall, and I understood that I was in a passage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Many people were moving to and fro, most of them muffled in their coats and cravats. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This done, they returned to the house, and, being shown into a parlour, took off their great-coats and hats, and showed like what they were. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- We had our pea-coats with us, and I took a bag. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The rails were insulated from the ties by giving them two coats of japan, baking them in the oven, and then placing them on pads of tar-impregnated muslin laid on the ties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I can pay for my bread and cheese, and my nice little lodging, and my two coats a year. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In England an application of it in thin solution had been made by a Mr. Macintosh, who spread it between two thicknesses of thin cloth to form Macintosh water-proof coats. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A clean plate of glass is coated with collodion sensitized with iodides of potassium, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- To obtain a true photograph, the negative is placed on a piece of sensitive photographic paper, or paper coated with a silver salt in the same manner as the plate and films. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This machine, see Fig. 168, receives the dough at A, where it is coated with flour and flattened into a sheet between rolls. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Lots of anecdote,' said the green-coated stranger of the day before, advancing to Mr. Winkle and speaking in a low and confidential tone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That black-coated tyrant's niece--that quiet, delicate Miss Helstone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And--and that person, too, if I am not mistaken,' said the doctor, bestowing a scrutinising glance on the green-coated stranger. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Next apply rubber cement to the roughened surface, and at the same time cement a piece of rubber cloth or cloth well coated with the cement. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Slipped on the smooth coating --I almost had him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was then dipped in the sap, or the latter was poured over it, which gave it a thin coating. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Attempts to insulate the line wire were limited to coating it with tar or smearing it with wax for the benefit of all the bees in the neighborhood. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This emulsion, as the coating is called, is, as we might readily infer from the presence of the silver, sensitive to the action of light in much the same manner as was the original film. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The sensitive plates are left to dry in dark rooms, and when the coating has become absolutely firm and dry, the plates are packed in boxes and sent forth for sale. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He prepares a polished metal plate, generally zinc, with an extremely thin coating of film or fatty milk, which dries upon and adheres to the plate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A patent was granted last year for a mode of coating earthenware vessels with copper or iron by electro-chemical deposition. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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