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  • 71cloth of gold — a fabric woven wholly or partly of gold thread especially for ceremonial use * * * cloth of gold Cloth woven of threads of gold and silk or wool • • • Main Entry: ↑cloth * * * cloth of gold, cloth made of gold threads woven with silk or wool… …

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  • 72cloth yard — noun : a yard especially for measuring cloth; specifically : a unit of 37 inches equal to the Scotch ell and used also as a length for arrows cloth yard shafts used by English archers at Crécy * * * a unit of measure for cloth, formerly 37 inches …

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  • 73Cloth hall — Sukiennice in Kraków Gewandhaus in …

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  • 74cloth cap — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cloth cap : singular cloth cap plural cloth caps British a man s flat cap (= hat) made from cloth or wool with a hard curved front part. It is sometimes considered to be typical of working class men …

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  • 75cloth-cap — /klawth kap , kloth /, adj. Brit. pertaining to or characteristic of the working class. [1850 55] * * * cloth capˈ adjective Symbolic of the working class • • • Main Entry: ↑cloth * * * cloth cap «KLTH KAP, KLOTH », adjective. British. of or… …

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  • 76cloth house — noun : a flat topped shelter of loosely woven cloth used to protect growing plants (as tobacco) from insects, fungus pests, heavy rain, and wind and to reduce light intensity and evaporation and hence induce greater stem length and larger blooms… …

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  • 77cloth of state — a rich cloth forming a canopy and background to a throne or chair of state * * * cloth of state A canopy • • • Main Entry: ↑cloth …

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  • 78cloth-of-gold — /klawth euhv gohld , kloth /, n. a garden plant, Crocus augustifolius, of the iris family, native to the Crimean mountains, having orange red flowers. * * * cloth of gold, cloth made of gold threads woven with silk or wool threads. cloth of gold… …

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  • 79Cloth of gold — Noisette Noi*sette , n. (Bot.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the {Lamarque}, the {Marechal (or… …

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  • 80cloth yard — noun Date: 15th century a yard especially for measuring cloth; specifically a unit of 37 inches equal to the Scottish ell and used also as a length for arrows …

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