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A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net. Spenser.

f man like flowers. Wordsworth. Sisters of Charity (R. C. Ch.), a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick; -- a popular designation. There are various orders of the Sisters of Charity.

A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one. [U. S.]

A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.

The green sickness; an anæmic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.

A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress.

anks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.

s, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.

A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. -- To be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. -- In the clouds, in the realm o…

A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.

Shade or variety of character; kind; species. Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color. Shak.

A women who plays in comedy.

nt or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality. There are thousands now Such women, but convention beats them down. Tennyson.

events of importance. Symbolic dances are given by the young men of the tribe, while the women act as musicians.

e Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.

A kind of woolen material for women's skrits.

A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women. Addison.

epose; to lie. Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand. Shak. If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men. Shak.