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ctory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. Rev. vii. 9.

Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "In palterly clothes." Pepys.

Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth.

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole. Patches set upon a little breach. Shak.

oolly covering on it. See 4th Fell. Sir T. Browne. Raw pelts clapped about them for their clothes. Fuller.

A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.

A cloth of sky-blue color. [Obs.] "A long surcoat of pers." Chaucer.

A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material.

Nap of cloth. [Obs.]

A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.

A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

es of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.

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

Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.

receive pilots as they board and leave vessels. -- Pilot bread, ship biscuit. -- Pilot cloth, a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats. -- Pilot engine, a locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear. -- Pilot fish. (Zoöl) (a) A pelagic carangoid fish (Naucrates ductor); -- so named…

ted and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.

To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.