An old term for a cane or walking stick.
·vt To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. II. Cloak ·noun That which conce...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An upper garment, "an exterior tunic, wide and long, reaching to the ankles, but without sleeves" (I...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
·- The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They prote...
"The west wind always brings wet weather, The east wind wet and cold together; The south wind su...
The Sailor's Word-Book
West out of Dowgate Hill to 66 Queen Street (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook, Dowgate, and Vintry Wards...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Rogues who lurk about the entrances into dark alleys, and bye-lanes, to snatch cloaks from the shoul...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A mantle for the officer going on duty; when left in the boat it is in the coxswain's charge. ...
The jocose name given to the last sweeping clause, the thirty-sixth article of war: "All other cri...
See Maid Court. ...