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.
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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.
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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.
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
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Cloth, definition of term: Cloth
cloth_pag1.html Gold
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Gold, definition of term: Gold
gold_pag1.html Gold Dust
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Gold Dust, definition of term: Gold Dust
gold+dust_pag1.html Gold Fever
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Gold Fever, definition of term: Gold Fever
gold+fever_pag1.html Gold Digger
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Gold Digger, definition of term: Gold Digger
gold+digger_pag1.html Gold Braid
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Gold Braid, definition of term: Gold Braid
gold+braid_pag1.html Gold Coast
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Gold Coast, definition of term: Gold Coast
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Drop Cloth, definition of term: Drop Cloth
drop+cloth_pag1.html Fools Gold
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Fools Gold, definition of term: Fools Gold
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