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metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor. Chaucer. Chain mail, Coat of mail. See under Chain, and Coat.

Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor. Sir W. Scott.

Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates.

The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.

derrick or crane. Afore the mast, Before the mast. See under Afore, and Before. -- Mast coat. See under Coat. -- Mast hoop, one of a number of hoops attached to the fore edge of a boom sail, which slip on the mast as the sail is raised or lowered; also, one of the iron hoops used in making a made mast. See Made.…

size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat. The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Job xi. 9.

Mixed; of mixed material or color. [Obs.] "A medlè coat." Chaucer.

positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture. [Written also melainotype.]

An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule. -- Mi*crop"y*lar, a.

The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.

Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device.

existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. -- Musk parakeet. (Zoöl.) Same as Musk lorikeet (above). -- Musk…

The brown coati. See Coati.

rly or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer.

ds upon the action of light in rendering a thin layer of bitumen, with which the plate is coated, insoluble.

Of or pertaining to a noun. Verbs which in whole or in part have shed their old nounal coat. Earle.

A whole seed, as contained within the seed coats.

An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.

lso, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste.