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Webster 1913 Edition
Clothing
Cloth′ing
,Noun.
1.
Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
From others he shall stand in need of nothing,
Yet on his brothers shall depend for
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Clothing
CLOTHING
,ppr.
CLOTHING
, n.1.
Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. As for me--my clothing was sackcloth. Ps. 35.
2.
The art or practice of making cloth.The king took measures to instruct the refugees from Flanders in the art of clothing.