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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clothe \Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}or {Clad}; p. pr & vb n. {Clothing}.] [OE. clathen clothen, clethen AS cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[ae][eth]an. See {Cloth}.] 1. To put garments on to cover with clothing; to dress. Go with me to clothe you as becomes you --Shak. 2. To provide with clothes; as to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov. xxiii. 21. The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith. 3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as to clothe one with authority or power. Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. --Watts. His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer. Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clothing \Cloth"ing\, n. 1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. --Milton. As for me . . . my clothing was sackloth. --Ps. xxxv. 13 2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.] Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. --Ray. 3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. --Knight. 4. (Mach.) See {Card clothing}, under 3d {Card}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clothing n : covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: {clothes}, {apparel}, {vesture}, {wearing apparel}, {wear}]
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