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167 words match “CLOTHES”

UNCLOTHE v.
To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked. I. Watts. [We] do groan being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon. 2 Cor. v. 4.
UNCLOTHED a.
Not yet clothed; wanting clothes; naked. -- Un*cloth"ed*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon.
UNDERCLOTHING n.
Same as Underclothes.
UNDERSUIT n.
A suit worn under another suit; a suit of underclothes.
UNDERWEAR n.
That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.
UNDRESS v.
To divest of clothes; to strip.
UNIFORM n.
lice, of the Freemasons, etc. There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform. F. W. Robertson. In full uniform (Mil.), wearing the whole of the prescribed uniform, with ornaments, badges of rank, sash, side arms, etc. -- Uniform sword, an officer's sword of the…
VALISE n.
all sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.
VESTIARY a.
Pertaining to clothes, or vestments.
VOIDER n.
f a meal, as fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes, etc. Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voider. Decker. The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and the voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was set upon the cupboard's head. Hist.…
WARDROBE n.
A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.
WASH v. 2 definitions
To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water. "She can wash and scour." Shak.
WASHBOARD n.
A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.
WASHERMAN n.
A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others.
WASHERWOMAN n.
A woman who washes clothes, especially for hire, or for others.
WASHHOUSE n.
An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
WASHING n.
The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. Washing bear (Zoöl.), the raccoon. -- Washing bottle (Chem.), a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a precipitate…
WASHTUB n.
A tub in which clothes are washed.
WAX v.
strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse. Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. Deut. xxix. 5. Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound. Milton. Waxing kernels (Med.), small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the gro…
WEAR v.
ing or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.
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