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To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.

and tetradonta), which have a fibrous bark used by the aborigines for making cordage and cloth.

a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark. And strippen her out of her rude array. Chaucer. They stripped Joseph out of his coat. Gen. xxxvii. 23. Opinions which . . . no clergyman could have avowed withou…

The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.

Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians.

Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.

To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. Atterbury.

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.

arily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes. "Two rogues in buckram suits." Shak.

Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of clothes.

ydrating agent, having a strong affinity for water, and eating and corroding paper, wood, clothing, etc. It is thus used in the manufacture of ether, of imitation parchment, and of nitroglycerin. It is also used in etching iron, in removing iron scale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and in general its manuf…

To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain. Then to sun thyself in open air. Dryden.

or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.

A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal.

A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep- seated parts, etc.

Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.

from Swaddle, v. Swaddling band, Swaddling cloth, or Swaddling clout, a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant. Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Luke ii. 12.

A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin. Swan's-down cotton. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth. Halliwell. Jamieson.

re a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or even to a portion of the bloody clothes. Dunglison. -- Sympathetic sounds (Physics), sounds produced from solid bodies by means of vibrations which have been communicated to them from some other sounding body, by means of the air or an intervening solid. -- Sy…