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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.

The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. Gen. xiix. 11.

Having the hair matted with clotted blood. [Obs. & R.] The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me. Shak.

A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made.

Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.

s to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes. The stomach cook is for the hall, And boileth meate for them all. Gower.

ng; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.

A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.

rivate arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court. [Obs.] Bolting cloth, wire, hair, silk, or other sieve cloth of different degrees of fineness; -- used by millers for sifting flour. McElrath. -- Bolting hutch, a bin or tub for the bolted flour or meal; (fig.) a receptacle.

A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.

An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.