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ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

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usby; kepi † , forage cap, bearskin; baseball cap; fishing hat; helmet &c 717; mask,<br />

domino.<br />

body clothes; linen; hickory shirt [U.S.]; shirt, sark † , smock, shift, chemise; night<br />

gown, negligee, dressing gown, night shirt; bedgown † , sac de nuit [Fr.].<br />

underclothes [underclothing], underpants, undershirt; slip [for women], brassiere,<br />

corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle &c (circle) 247; stomacher;<br />

petticoat, panties; under waistcoat; jock [for men], athletic supporter, jockstrap.<br />

sweater, jersey; cardigan; turtleneck, pullover; sweater vest.<br />

neckerchief, neckcloth † ; tie, ruff, collar, cravat, stock, handkerchief, scarf; bib, tucker;<br />

boa; cummerbund, rumal † , rabat † .<br />

shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche † , galoshes, patten, clog; sneakers, running<br />

shoes, hiking boots; high-low; Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot,<br />

top boot; Balmoral † ; arctics, bootee, bootikin † , brogan, chaparajos † ; chavar † , chivarras † ,<br />

chivarros † ; gums [U.S.], larrigan [U.S.], rubbers, showshoe, stogy † , veldtschoen [G.],<br />

legging, buskin, greave † , galligaskin † , gamache † , gamashes † , moccasin, gambado, gaiter,<br />

spatterdash † , brogue, antigropelos † ; stocking, hose, gaskins † , trunk hose, sock; hosiery.<br />

glove, gauntlet, mitten, cuff, wristband, sleeve.<br />

swaddling cloth, baby linen, layette; ice wool; taffeta.<br />

pocket handkerchief, hanky † , hankie.<br />

clothier, tailor, milliner, costumier, sempstress † , snip; dressmaker, habitmaker † ,<br />

breechesmaker † , shoemaker; Crispin; friseur [Fr.]; cordwainer † , cobbler, hosier † , hatter;<br />

draper, linen draper, haberdasher, mercer.<br />

[underpants for babies] diaper, nappy [Brit.]; disposable diaper, cloth diaper; [brand<br />

names for diapers], Luvs Huggies.<br />

V. invest; cover &c 223; envelope, lap, involve; inwrap † , enwrap; wrap; fold up, wrap up,<br />

lap up, muffle up; overlap; sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest.<br />

vest, clothe, array, dress, dight † , drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter † , rig, fit<br />

out; deck &c (ornament) 847; perk, equip, harness, caparison.<br />

wear; don; put on, huddle on, slip on; mantle.<br />

Adj. invested &c v.; habited; dighted † ; barbed, barded; clad, costume, shod, chausse<br />

[Fr.]; en grande tenue &c (show) 882 [Fr.].<br />

sartorial.<br />

Phr. the soul of this man is his clothes [All's Well].<br />

226. Divestment -- N. divestment; taking off &c v.. nudity; bareness &c adj.; undress;<br />

dishabille &c 225; the altogether; nudation † , denudation; decortication, depilation,<br />

excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis [Med.].<br />

V. divest; uncover &c (cover) &c 223; denude, bare, strip; disfurnish † ; undress, disrobe<br />

&c (dress, enrobe) &c 225; uncoif † ; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel, pare,<br />

decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open; exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the<br />

skin.<br />

Adj. divested &c v.; bare, naked, nude; undressed, undraped; denuded; exposed; in<br />

dishabille; bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless.<br />

in a state of nature, in nature's garb, in the buff, in native buff, in birthday suit; in puris<br />

naturalibus [Lat.]; with nothing on, stark naked, stark raving naked [Joc.]; bald as a coot,

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