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

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.

Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A coarse garnment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Well-dressed; handsome; smart; brave; -- used of persons or their clothing, etc.; as, a braw lad. "A braw new gown." Burns.

The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree.

To put into, or clothe with, breeches. A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. Macaulay.

A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge.

Braided; broidered. [Obs.] Alle his clothes brouded up and down. Chaucer.

ndle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc.

Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. Shak.

The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used. Tomlinson.