Stripping: alternatives and connections

An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them f…

Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the wa…

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound t…

A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purpo…

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

To strip the bark from; to peel.

To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.

A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other ani…

A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…

An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of…

A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.