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n. [ D. baar, OD. baer, naked, bare + kleed garment, i. e., cloth undressed or without nap. ] A home-made woolen blanket without nap. [ Local, New York ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Clothe. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a sprout + &unr_; a horn. ] (Zool.) An order of the Entomostraca. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have a bivalve shell, covering the body but not the head, and from four to six pairs of legs and two pairs of antenæ, for use in swimming. They mostly inhabit fresh water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
Syn. -- cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia.
Syn. -- genus Cladonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a sprout + &unr_; a leaf. ] (Bot.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the pre-Mycenaean civilization on the Cyclades islands in the S Aegean sea.
Syn. -- Cycladic civilization, Cycladic culture. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an archipelago consisting of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean sea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kla`dos a branch. ] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clad or crowned with heath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot. Modern naval vessels are made of steel throughout, and this term is only used in historical contexts. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. 1. having an outer covering of iron or steel; as, an ironclad war vessel. [ PJC ]

2. so strong or secure as to be unbreakable; as, an ironclad contract. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rigorous; unbreakable; severe; exacting; inflexible; as, an ironclad oath or pledge. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n.; pl. Phyllocladia [ NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf + kla`dos a sprout. ] (Bot.) A flattened stem or branch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation.
Syn. -- cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus consisting of celery pine.
Syn. -- genus Phyllocladus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills. [ 1913 Webster ]