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Found 2 hits - Term: cloth of gold, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
noisette \noisette"\, n. bot.
   a hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a french gardener,
   noisette, of charleston, south carolina, from the china rose
   and the musk rose. it has given rise to many fine varieties,
   as the lamarque, the marechal or marshal niel, and the
   cloth of gold. most roses of this class have clustered
   flowers and are of vigorous growth. --p. henderson.
   1913 webster
see also:
lamarque marechal or marshal niel cloth of gold 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cloth \cloth\ klo^th; 115, n.; pl. cloths klo^thz;
   115, except in the sense of garments, when it is clothes
   kl=othz or kl=oz. oe. clath cloth, as. cl=athorn
   cloth, garment; akin to d. kleed, icel. klaeethi, dan.
   klaede, cloth, sw. klaumde, 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 distust 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
see also:
cloths clothes body cloth body cloth of gold cloth measure 
cloth paper shearer 

Results 1 - 9 of 9 found about cloth of gold:

Cloth >> C Words
Cloth, definition of term: Cloth
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Gold >> G Words
Gold, definition of term: Gold
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Gold Dust >> G Words
Gold Dust, definition of term: Gold Dust
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Gold Fever >> G Words
Gold Fever, definition of term: Gold Fever
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Gold Digger >> G Words
Gold Digger, definition of term: Gold Digger
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Gold Braid >> G Words
Gold Braid, definition of term: Gold Braid
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Gold Coast >> G Words
Gold Coast, definition of term: Gold Coast
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Drop Cloth >> D Words
Drop Cloth, definition of term: Drop Cloth
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Fools Gold >> F Words
Fools Gold, definition of term: Fools Gold
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