Roget's Thesaurus

Chapter 26

[specific coverings: list] veneer, facing; overlay; plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate; engobe[obs3]; ormolu; Sheffield plate; pavement; coating, paint; varnish &c. (resin) 356a; plating, barrel plating, anointing &c. v.; enamel; epitaxial deposition[Engin], vapor deposition; ground, whitewash, plaster, s.p.a.ckel, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment &c. (grease) 356.

V. cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap &c. 225; encase, incase[obs3]; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard [U.S.].

coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar; wash; besmear, bedaub; anoint, do over; gild, plate, j.a.pan, lacquer, lacker[obs3], enamel, whitewash; parget[obs3]; lay it on thick.

overlie, overarch[obs3]; endome[obs3]; conceal &c. 528.

[of aluminum] anodize.



[of steel] galvanize.

Adj. covering &c. v.; superimposed, overlaid, plated &c. v.; cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary[obs3], skinny, scaly, squamous[Anat]; covered &c. v.; imbricated, loricated[obs3], armor plated, ironclad; under cover; cowled, cucullate[obs3], dermatoid[obs3], encuira.s.sed[obs3], hooded, squamiferous[obs3], tectiform[obs3]; v.a.g.i.n.ate[obs3].

#224. Lining. -- N. lining, inner coating; coating &c. (covering) 223; stalact.i.te, stalagmite.

filling, stuffing, wadding, padding.

wainscot, parietes[Lat], wall.

V. line, stuff, incrust, wad, pad, fill.

Adj. lined &c. v..

#225. Clothing. -- N. clothing, investment; covering &c. 223; dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim; habiliment; vesture, vestment; garment, garb, palliament, apparel, wardrobe, wearing apparel, clothes, things; underclothes.

array; tailoring, millinery; finery &c. (ornament) 847; full dress &c.

(show) 882; garniture; theatrical properties.

outfit, equipment, trousseau; uniform, regimentals; continentals [Am.

Hist.]; canonicals &c. 999; livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit, rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery[obs3]; day wear, night wear, zoot suit; designer clothes; masquerade.

dishabille, morning dress, undress.

kimono; lungi[obs3]; shooting-coat; mufti; rags, tatters, old clothes; mourning, weeds; duds; slippers.

robe, tunic, paletot[obs3], habit, gown, coat, frock, blouse, toga, smock frock, claw coat, hammer coat, Prince Albert coat[obs3], sack coat, tuxedo coat, frock coat, dress coat, tail coat.

cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua[obs3], shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle[obs3], plaid, m.u.f.fler, comforter, haik[obs3], huke, chlamys[obs3], mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure[obs3]; houppelande[Fr]; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout[Fr], spencer[obs3]; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P- coat, dreadnought, wraprascal[obs3], poncho, cardinal, pelerine[obs3]; barbe[obs3], chudder[obs3], jubbah[obs3], oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma jacket[obs3], vest, jerkin, waistcoat, doublet, camisole, gabardine; farthingale, kilt, jupe[obs3], crinoline, bustle, panier, skirt, ap.r.o.n, pinafore; bloomer, bloomers; chaqueta[obs3], songtag[Ger], tablier[obs3].

pants, trousers, trowsers[obs3]; breeches, pantaloons, inexpressibles!, overalls, smalls, small clothes; shintiyan!; shorts, jockey shorts, boxer shorts; tights, drawers, panties, unmentionables; knickers, knickerbockers; philibeg[obs3], fillibeg[obs3]; pants suit; culottes; jeans, blue jeans, dungarees, denims.

[brand names for jeans] Levis, Calvin Klein, Calvins, Bonjour, Gloria Vanderbilt.

headdress, headgear; chapeau[Fr], crush hat, opera hat; kaffiyeh; sombrero, jam, tam-o-shanter, tarboosh[obs3], topi, sola topi[Lat], pagri[obs3], puggaree[obs3]; cap, hat, beaver hat, c.o.o.nskin cap; castor, bonnet, tile, wideawake, billyc.o.c.k[obs3], wimple; nightcap, mobcap[obs3], skullcap; hood, coif; capote[obs3], calash; kerchief, snood, babushka; head, coiffure; crown &c. (circle) 247; chignon, pelt, wig, front, peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako[obs3], busby; kepi[obs3], forage cap, bearskin; baseball cap; fishing hat; helmet &c. 717; mask, domino.

body clothes; linen; hickory shirt [U.S.]; shirt, sark[obs3], smock, shift, chemise; night gown, negligee, dressing gown, night shirt; bedgown[obs3], sac de nuit[Fr].

underclothes [underclothing], underpants, undershirt; slip [for women], bra.s.siere, corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle &c. (circle) 247; stomacher; petticoat, panties; under waistcoat; jock [for men], athletic supporter, jockstrap.

sweater, jersey; cardigan; turtleneck, pullover; sweater vest.

neckerchief, neckcloth[obs3]; tie, ruff, collar, cravat, stock, handkerchief, scarf; bib, tucker; boa; c.u.mmerbund, rumal[obs3], rabat[obs3].

shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche[obs3], galoshes, patten, clog; sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots; high-low; Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot; Balmoral[obs3]; arctics, bootee, bootikin[obs3], brogan, chaparajos[obs3]; chavar[obs3], chivarras[obs3], chivarros[obs3]; gums [U.S.], larrigan [obs3][N. Am.], rubbers, showshoe, stogy[obs3], veldtschoen[Ger], legging, buskin, greave[obs3], galligaskin[obs3], gamache[obs3], gamashes[obs3], moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash[obs3], brogue, antigropelos[obs3]; stocking, hose, gaskins[obs3], trunk hose, sock; hosiery.

glove, gauntlet, mitten, cuff, wristband, sleeve.

swaddling cloth, baby linen, layette; ice wool; taffeta.

pocket handkerchief, hanky[obs3], hankie.

clothier, tailor, milliner, costumier, sempstress[obs3], snip; dressmaker, habitmaker[obs3], breechesmaker[obs3], shoemaker; Crispin; friseur[Fr]; cordwainer[obs3], cobbler, hosier[obs3], hatter; draper, linen draper, haberdasher, mercer.

[underpants for babies] diaper, nappy[obs3][Brit]; disposable diaper, cloth diaper; Luvs[brand names for diapers], Huggies.

V. invest; cover &c. 223; envelope, lap, involve; inwrap[obs3], enwrap; wrap; fold up, wrap up, lap up, m.u.f.fle up; overlap; sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circ.u.mvest.

vest, clothe, array, dress, dight[obs3], drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter[obs3], rig, fit out; deck &c. (ornament) 847; perk, equip, harness, caparison.

wear; don; put on, huddle on, slip on; mantle.

Adj. invested &c. v.; habited; dighted[obs3]; barbed, barded; clad, costume, shod, chausse[Fr]; en grande tenue &c. (show) 882[Fr].

sartorial.

Phr. "the soul of this man is his clothes" [All"s Well].

#226. Divestment. -- N. divestment; taking off &c. v..

nudity; bareness &c. adj.; undress; dishabille &c. 225; the altogether; nudation[obs3], denudation; decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis[Med].

V. divest; uncover &c. (cover &c. 223); denude, bare, strip; disfurnish[obs3]; undress, disrobe &c. (dress, enrobe &c. 225); uncoif[obs3]; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open; exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the skin.

Adj. divested &c. v.; bare, naked, nude; undressed, undraped; denuded; exposed; in dishabille; bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless.

in a state of nature, in nature"s garb, in the buff, in native buff, in birthday suit; in puris naturalibus[Lat]; with nothing on, stark naked, stark raving naked [joc.]; bald as a coot, bare as the back of one"s hand; out at elbows; barefoot; bareback, barebacked; leafless, napless[obs3], hairless.

#227. Circ.u.mjacence. -- N. circ.u.mjacence[obs3], circ.u.mambience[obs3]; environment, encompa.s.sment; atmosphere, medium, surroundings.

outpost; border &c. (edge) 231; girdle &c. (circ.u.mference) 230; outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs[obs3], environs, entourage, banlieue[obs3]; neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity.

V. lie around &c. adv.; surround, beset, compa.s.s, encompa.s.s, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circ.u.mvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird[obs3]; skirt, twine round; hem in &c. (circ.u.mscribe) 229.

Adj. circ.u.mjacent, circ.u.mambient[obs3], circ.u.mfluent[obs3]; ambient; surrounding &c. v.; circ.u.mferential, suburban.

Adv. around, about; without; on every side; on all sides; right and left, all round, round about.

#228. Interposition. -- N. interposition, interjacence[obs3], intercurrence[obs3], intervenience[obs3], interlocation[obs3], interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation.

[interposition at a fine-grained level] interpenetration; permeation; infiltration.

[interposition by one person in another"s affairs, at the intervenor"s initiative] intervention, interference; intrusion, obtrusion; insinuation.

insertion &c. 300; dovetailing; embolism.

intermediary, intermedium[obs3]; go between, bodkin!, intruder, interloper; parenthesis, episode, flyleaf.

part.i.tion, septum, diaphragm; midriff; dissepiment[obs3]; party wall, panel, room divider.

halfway house.

V. lie between, come between, get between; intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate.

put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in; interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in; let in, dovetail, splice, mortise; insinuate, smuggle; infiltrate, ingrain.

interfere, put in an oar, thrust one"s nose in; intrude, obtrude; have a finger in the pie; introduce the thin end of the wedge; thrust in &c.

(insert) 300.

Adj. interjacent[obs3], intercurrent[obs3], intervenient[obs3], intervening &c. v., intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interst.i.tial; embolismal[obs3].

parenthetical, episodic; mediterranean; intrusive; embosomed[obs3]; merged.

Adv. between, betwixt; twixt; among, amongst; amid, amidst; mid, midst; in the thick of; betwixt and between; sandwich-wise; parenthetically, obiter dictum.

#229. Circ.u.mscription. -- N. circ.u.mscription, limitation, inclosure; confinement &c. (restraint) 751; circ.u.mvallation[obs3]; encincture; envelope &c. 232.

container (receptacle) 191.

V. circ.u.mscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround &c. 227; compa.s.s about; imprison &c. (restrain) 751; hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in, hedge round; picket; corral.

enfold, bury, encase, incase[obs3], pack up, enshrine, inclasp[obs3]; wrap up &c. (invest) 225; embay[obs3], embosom[obs3].

containment (inclusion) 76.

Adj. circ.u.mscribed &c. v.; begirt[obs3], lapt[obs3]; buried in, immersed in; embosomed[obs3], in the bosom of, imbedded, encysted, mewed up; imprisoned &c. 751; landlocked, in a ring fence.

#230. Outline. -- N. outline, circ.u.mference; perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure[obs3], contour, profile, silhouette; bounds; coast line.

zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre[Brit], cingle[obs3], clasp, girt; cordon &c. (inclosure) 232; circlet, &c. 247..

#231. Edge. -- N. edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, f.l.a.n.g.e, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle.

threshold, door, porch; portal &c. (opening) 260; coast, sh.o.r.e.

frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, tr.i.m.m.i.n.g, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp.

Adj. border, marginal, skirting; l.a.b.i.al, l.a.b.i.ated[obs3], marginated[obs3].

#232. Inclosure. -- N. inclosure, envelope; case &c. (receptacle) 191; wrapper; girdle &c. 230.

pen, fold; pen fold, in fold, sheep fold; paddock, pound; corral; yard; net, seine net.

wall, hedge, hedge row; espalier; fence &c. (defense) 717; pale, paling, bal.u.s.trade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circ.u.mvallation[obs3], enceinte, ring fence.

barrier, barricade; gate, gateway; bent, dingle [U.S.]; door, hatch, cordon; prison &c. 752.

dike, d.y.k.e, ditch, fosse[obs3], moat.

V. inclose, circ.u.mscribe &c. 229.

#233. Limit. -- N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone[obs3], but, pale, reservation; termination, terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods.

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