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Webster 1913 Edition


Clothes

Clothes

(klōthz or klōz; 277)
,
Noun.
pl.
[From
Cloth
.]
1.
Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; – a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.
She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good
clothes
.
Shakespeare
If I may touch but his
clothes
, I shall be whole.
Mark. v. 28.
2.
The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
She turned each way her frighted head,
Then sunk it deep beneath the
clothes
.
Prior.
Syn. – Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.

Webster 1828 Edition


Clothes

CLOTHES

,
Noun.
plu.
Of cloth; pronounced cloze.
1.
Garments for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; a general term for whatever covering is worn, or made to be worn, for decency or comfort.
If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark 5.
2.
The covering of a bed; bed-clothes.