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Word Meanings - ROBE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Shak. 2. A skin of an animal,

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1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like. Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Shak. 2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal household whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. -- Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign , and is supposed to have the care her robes.

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    The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
  • DIVESTITURE
    The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
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  • DIVESTMENT
    The act of divesting.
  • SCREENINGS
    The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
  • STRIPPING
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    Confused mixture.
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    One who exposes or discloses.
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    Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
  • DRAPERY
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    Production.
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    The state of being dressy.
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    The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
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    A woman who offends. Shak.

 

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