CLOTHING

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton. As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. Ps. xxxv. 13

2.
n.

The art of process of making cloth. [R.] Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. Ray.

3.
n.

A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. Knight.

4.
n.

See Card clothing, under 3d Card.


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