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A kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth, generally blue.

; wisdom; sagacity; wit. The very policy of a hostess, finding his purse so far above his clothes, did detect him. Fuller.

it in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service.

Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings. "A poor vessel." Clarendon.

A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with the hands. [Obs.]

Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] Homilies.

Decorative perforation of cloth. [Obs.]

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

se, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.

yarn to pass over them. -- Presser foot, the part of a sewing machine which rests on the cloth and presses it down upon the table of the machine.

One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.

To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail.

First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.

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

A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office. [R.]

The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints. Block printing. See under Block. -- Printing frame (Photog.), a sh…

lly one in a public journal. Puff adder. (Zoöl.) (a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have the power of greatly distending their bodies when irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera, or Clotho, arietans) is the largest species, becoming over four feet lon…

Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple. Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined l…

A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster.

alled pussy cat. Pussy willow (Bot.), any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American Salix discolor; -- called also glaucous willow, and swamp willow.