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Coat

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Narrower term 32

Afghan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.

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Chimer 76% connected

One who chimes.

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Coatee 76% connected

A coat with short flaps.

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Cutaway 76% connected

Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away.

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Emulsion 76% connected

Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by…

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Enamel 76% connected

A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inla…

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Facing 76% connected

of Face

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Fleece 76% connected

The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

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Fur 76% connected

The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

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Gilding 76% connected

of Gild

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Gilt 76% connected

of Gild

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Greatcoat 76% connected

An overcoat.

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Jacket 76% connected

A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

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Lacquer 76% connected

A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-…

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Mackinaw 76% connected

A thick blanket formerly in common use in the western part of the United States.

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Newmarket 76% connected

A long, closely fitting cloak.

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Overcoat 76% connected

A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.

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Paint 76% connected

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

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Patina 76% connected

A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.

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Pigment 76% connected

Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an…

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Plating 76% connected

of Plate

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Rendering 76% connected

of Render

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Seal 76% connected

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

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Simarre 76% connected

See Simar.

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Surcoat 76% connected

A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arm…

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Topcoat 76% connected

An outer coat; an overcoat.

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Varnish 76% connected

A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied th…

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Veneer 76% connected

To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Use…

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Veneering 76% connected

of Veneer

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Waterproof 76% connected

Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.

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Waterproofing 76% connected

The act or process of making waterproof.

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Wool 76% connected

The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- c…

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Broader term 11

Apparel 76% connected

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

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Clothe 76% connected

To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Covering 76% connected

of Cover

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Enclothe 76% connected

To clothe.

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Garb 76% connected

Clothing in general.

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Garment 76% connected

Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

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Habilitate 76% connected

Qualified or entitled.

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Hair 76% connected

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of…

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Raiment 76% connected

Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.

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Manner of action 33

Cement 76% connected

Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

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Copper 76% connected

A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol C…

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Crumb 76% connected

A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.

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Daub 76% connected

To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

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Dredge 76% connected

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iro…

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Egg 76% connected

The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or album…

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Encrust 76% connected

To incrust. See Incrust.

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Enrobe 76% connected

To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Foliate 76% connected

Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.

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Galvanize 76% connected

To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.

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Gelatinize 76% connected

To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t.

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Glaze 76% connected

To become glazed of glassy.

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Grit 76% connected

Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

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Incrust 76% connected

To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetme…

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Macadamize 76% connected

To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

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Metal 76% connected

An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmet…

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Metallize 76% connected

To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal.

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Paint 76% connected

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

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Pave 76% connected

The pavement.

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Plaster 76% connected

An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adh…

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Plate 76% connected

A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel…

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Platinize 76% connected

To cover or combine with platinum.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Rubber 76% connected

One who, or that which, rubs.

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Seal 76% connected

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

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Size 76% connected

Six.

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Skim 76% connected

To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; t…

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Soot 76% connected

A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides…

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Stucco 76% connected

Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for intern…

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Tar 76% connected

A sailor; a seaman.

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Varnish 76% connected

A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied th…

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Zinc 76% connected

An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as a…

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Derivationally related 4

Cake 74% connected

A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

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Cake 74% connected

A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

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Containing whole 2

Mammal 70% connected

One of the Mammalia.

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Mammalian 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.

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Synonym 4

Cake 92% connected

A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

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Coating 92% connected

of Coat

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Pelage 92% connected

The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.

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Surface 92% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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