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An outer garment made of the skins of birds or mammals, worn by Eskimos, etc.

A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff. [Obs.] Fuller.

Past; gone by; hence, past one's prime; worn; faded; as, a passée belle. Ld. Lytton.

A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud. The patten now supports each frugal dame. Gay.

A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin.]

A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather.

A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. "The pebbles on the hungry beach." Shak. As children gathering pebbles on the shore. Milton.

f two bones, the scapula and clavicle, on each side. -- Pectorial cross (Eccl.), a cross worn on the breast by bishops and abbots, and sometimes also by canons. -- Pectorial fins, or Pectorials (Zoöl.), fins situated on the sides, behind the gills. See Illust. under Fin. -- Pectorial rail. (Zoöl.) See Land rail (b)…

An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.

A charm worn as a protection against disease or mischief; an amulet. Coleridge. Now help, ye charming spells and periapts. Shak.

Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn. Shak. "Perjured persons." 1 Tim. i. 10. "Their perjured oath." Spenser.

An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.

The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.

A loose under-garment worn by women, and covering the body below the waist. Petticoat government, government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. [Colloq.] -- Petticoat pipe (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft.

A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or cap of liberty.

Any charm or amulet worn as a preservative from danger or disease.

A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century.

A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.

r afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. Milton.

ed material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.