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A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.

The care and support of orphans. [R.] Cotton Mather (1711).

To inspect throughly; to select. [Obs.] Cotton.

g box, a stuffing box. See under Stuffing. -- Packing press, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc. -- Packing ring. See Packing, 2 (c), and Illust. of Piston. -- Packing sheet. (a) A large cloth for packing goods. (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.

To rob on foot. [Obs.] Cotton Mather.

A light fabric of cotton and worsted, resembling bombazine or merino. Beck (Draper's Dict.)

A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.

A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear.

A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color.

To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.

any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. "Pickers and stealers." Shak.

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet. Velvet soft, or plush with shaggy pile. Cowper.

A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.

A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.

ion of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation.

move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble. Cotton.

The act of praying; supplication; entreaty. Cotton.

itable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.

Practicing tricks; juggling. [Obs.] Cotton Mather.

upon a sensitized surface. Printed goods, textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.