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Undershirt

A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.

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Singlet 92% connected

An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vest 92% connected

An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

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Baresark noun · 78% connection

A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor.

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Baron noun · 78% connection

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and G…

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Barret noun · 78% connection

A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.

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Borrow verb · 78% connection

To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure…

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Bosom noun · 78% connection

The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom…

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Camisado noun · 78% connection

A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.

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Camisated adjective · 78% connection

Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.

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Castle verb · 78% connection

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of co…

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Chiton noun · 78% connection

An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

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Chitterling noun · 78% connection

The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings.

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Colonel noun · 78% connection

The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

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Corsage noun · 78% connection

a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at…

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Cracowes n. pl. · 78% connection

Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the…

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Dermis noun · 78% connection

The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and end…

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Dicky noun · 78% connection

A false shirt front or bosom.

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Eczema noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the disc…

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Garibaldi noun · 78% connection

A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.

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Herpes noun · 78% connection

An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in sma…

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