·- A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage.
·- ·Alt. of Gunny cloth. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Sackcloth or coarse canvas, made of fibres used in India, chiefly of jute. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The dress; raiment. [Obs.] ·see <<Clothes>>. II. Cloth ·noun The distinctive dress of any pro...
The sacks used on the India station for holding rice, biscuit, &c.; often as sand-bags in fortificat...
·- A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. ...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Carborundum paper. ...
·add. ·- A thin, loosewoven cotton cloth, such as is used in pressing cheese curds. ...
·noun A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot. ...
·add. ·- A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses. ...
·add. ·- A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, ·etc. ...
·noun A coarse cloth. ...
·- A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet. II. Thibet cloth ·- A kind of fine woolen...
·noun A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect ...
East out of West Smithfield at No. 59 to Kiughorn Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Withou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
South out of First mention: O.S. 188-51. ...
Out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in th...
He is just come from the cloth market, i.e. from between the sheets, he is just risen from bed. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Square sails. ...
The lining sewed up the fore-part of the sail in the direction of the buntline to prevent that rope ...
See goring ...
A fleecy-looking cloud which sometimes covers the "table" or flat top of Table Mountain, at the Cape...
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
North out of White Friers, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). See Paved Alley and Ashentr...
See table-cloth. ...
See Back Court. ...
See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair. ...
South out of Cloth Fair, at No. 63, to Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without. Renamed 1885....
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy. ...
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated. ...