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d of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.

he bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.

A band of flannel or other cloth about the belly.

The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.] Chaucer.

nals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light. -- Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3. -- Bengal tiger. (Zoöl.). See Tiger.

,n.A kind of neckcloth. [Obs.] A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele.

ind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities. When he is best, he is a little worse than a man. Shak. Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight. Milton.

To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck. After them followed two other chariots covered with red satin, and the horses betrapped with the same. Stow.

A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth. Knight.

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.

e cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.

A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head.

est or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue so black! Shak.

A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanches before it is woven.

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.

Cloth for blankets.

e linked surface and rubbed with a brush. S. W. Williams. (b) A method of printing cotton cloth and paper hangings with colors, by pressing them upon an engraved surface coated with coloring matter. -- Block system on railways, a system by which the track is divided into sections of three or four miles, and trains are…

To obstruct entrance to or egress from. Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door. Pope.