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ng the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man. Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new. Bacon.

A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.

A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.

tial ceremony; -- now only in the plural. Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. Shak. Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. Prescott.

Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.

A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person. A precious stone in a rich ouche. Sir T. Elyot. Your brooches, pearls, and ouches. Shak.

A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.

A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.

A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche.

Wasted or worn out; [Obs.] Drayton.

A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.

Originally, in India, loose drawers or trousers, such as those worn, tied about the waist, by Mohammedan men and women; by extension, a similar garment adopted among Europeans, Americans, etc., for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit consisting of drawers and a loose upper garment for such wear.…

An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.

A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.

A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.

Antiq.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.

A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers. A panache of variegated plumes. Prescott.

A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.

One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural.

Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Lords in paraments on their coursers. Chaucer. Chamber of paraments, presence chamber of a monarch.