Bearing cloth () A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. |
Cloth (n.) A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth) |
Cloth (n.) The dress |
Cloth (n.) The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy |
Goring cloth (n.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot. |
Grain (v. & n.) See Groan. |
Grain (n.) A single small hard seed |
Grain (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves |
Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc. |
Grain (n.) The unit of the English system of weights |
Grain (n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes |
Grain (n.) The composite particles of any substance |
Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc. |
Grain (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material. |
Grain (n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. |
Grain (n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation |
Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4. |
Grain (a.) Temper |
Grain (a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. |
Grain (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc. |
Grain (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains. |
Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins) |
Grain (n.) To yield fruit. |
Grain (n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization |
Grain (n.) A branch of a tree |
Grain (n.) A tine, prong, or fork. |
Grain (n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river. |
Grain (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points. |
Grain (n.) A blade of a sword, knife, etc. |
Grain (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core. |
Gunny cloth () 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. |
Match-cloth (n.) A coarse cloth. |
Pack thread () See under 2d Pack. |
Pi–a cloth () A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow. |
Thibet cloth () A fabric made of coarse goat's hair |
Thibet cloth () A kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc. |
Thread (n.) A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length |
Thread (n.) A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark |
Thread (n.) The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut |
Thread (n.) Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor |
Thread (n.) Fig.: Composition |
Thread (v. t.) To pass a thread through the eye of |
Thread (v. t.) To pass or pierce through as a narrow way |
Thread (v. t.) To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in |
Thread-shaped (a.) Having the form of a thread |
Top-cloth (n.) A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen. |
Weave (v. t.) To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture |
Weave (v. t.) To form, as cloth, by interlacing threads |
Weave (v. i.) To practice weaving |
Weave (v. i.) To become woven or interwoven. |
grain moth | moth whose larvae feed on grain |
angoumois moth angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella | small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains |
threadfish thread-fish Alectis ciliaris | fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins |
basket weave | a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket |
chamois cloth | a piece of chamois used for washing windows or cars |
cloth cap flat cap | a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak |
cloth covering | a covering made of cloth |
drop cloth | a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted |
drop curtain drop cloth drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
fabric cloth material textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
groundsheet ground cloth | a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture |
lisle lisle thread | a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) |
monk's cloth | a heavy cloth in basket weave |
open weave | a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric |
piece of cloth piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
pilot cloth | a thick blue cloth used to make overcoats and coats for sailors etc |
plain weave taffeta weave | a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect |
satin weave | a weave in which the filling and warp threads intersect in such a way as to give a smooth compact surface with no distinguishable twill line |
screw thread thread | the raised helical rib going around a screw |
sponge cloth | any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave) |
suede cloth suede | a fabric made to resemble suede leather |
tea cloth | a small tablecloth |
terry terry cloth terrycloth | a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides, used to make bath towels and bath robes |
thread yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
tray cloth | table linen consisting of a small cloth for a tray |
twill twill weave | a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs |
washcloth washrag flannel face cloth | bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body |
weave | pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
texture grain | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance), breadfruit has the same texture as bread, sand of a fine grain, fish with a delicate flavor and texture, a stone of coarse grain |
grain | the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric, saw the board across the grain |
wood grain woodgrain woodiness | texture produced by the fibers in wood |
grain | the smallest possible unit of anything, there was a grain of truth in what he said, he does not have a grain of sense |
train of thought thread | the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together, I couldn't follow his train of thought, he lost the thread of his argument |
feed grain | grain grown for cattle feed |
grain food grain cereal | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses |
grainfield grain field | a field where grain is grown |
grain | a relatively small granular particle of a substance, a grain of sand, a grain of sugar |
ribbon thread | any long object resembling a thin line, a mere ribbon of land, the lighted ribbon of traffic, from the air the road was a grey thread, a thread of smoke climbed upward |
clergyman reverend man of the cloth | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church |
grain merchant | a merchant who deals in food grains |
spinner spinster thread maker | someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) |
goldthread golden thread Coptis groenlandica Coptis trifolia groenlandica | low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers |
grain sorghum | any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain |
grain | a cereal grass, wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas |
emmer starch wheat two-grain spelt Triticum dicoccum | hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany, in United States as stock feed |
grain caryopsis | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn |
mission bells rice-grain fritillary Fritillaria affinis Fritillaria lanceolata Fritillaria mutica | herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers |
Adam's needle Adam's needle-and-thread spoonleaf yucca needle palm Yucca filamentosa | yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages |
horse gram horse grain poor man's pulse Macrotyloma uniflorum Dolichos biflorus | twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |