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t extremity, that were it not for God they would not know what to do with themselves." Tillotson. -- To have to do with, to have concern, business or intercourse with; to deal with. When preceded by what, the notion is usually implied that the affair does not concern the person denoted by the subject of have. "Philolo…

Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness. [Jocular] Carlyle. Miss Austen.

A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.

ama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley.

A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

e; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth. Prior. Then the old man Was wroth, and doubled up his hands. Tennyson.

A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight.

Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.

A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak.

A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.

To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. The whole people were draped professionally. De Quincey. These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white, Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have draped the woods and mere. Bungay.

One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.

The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon.

Cloth. [Obs.] Spenser.

To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.

The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.

from cover. Shak. -- Drawn work, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.

l apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson. The dread of something after death. Shak.

Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.

d purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.