Brownish-yellow cloth

  • 1Wax cloth — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; …

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  • 2Wax yellow — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; …

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  • 3drab — I. n. 1. Strumpet, prostitute, trull. See courtesan. 2. Slut, draggle tail, trollop, slattern, dowdy, slovenly woman. 3. Brownish yellow cloth, dull brown woollen stuff, dun colored cloth. 4. Dun, dull brown, brownish yellow, dun color. II. a …

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  • 4Drab — Drab, n. [F. drap cloth: LL. drappus, trapus, perh. orig., a firm, solid stuff, cf. F. draper to drape, also to full cloth; prob. of German origin; cf. Icel. drepa to beat, strike, AS. drepan, G. treffen; perh. akin to E. drub. Cf. {Drape},… …

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  • 5drabcloth — Drab Drab, n. [F. drap cloth: LL. drappus, trapus, perh. orig., a firm, solid stuff, cf. F. draper to drape, also to full cloth; prob. of German origin; cf. Icel. drepa to beat, strike, AS. drepan, G. treffen; perh. akin to E. drub. Cf. {Drape},… …

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  • 6Combretum glutinosum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida …

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  • 8buff — buff1 [buf] n. [earlier buffe, buffalo < Fr buffle < It bufalo,BUFFALO] 1. a heavy, soft, brownish yellow leather made from the skin of the buffalo or from other animal hides 2. a military coat made of this leather 3. a) a stick or small… …

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  • 10Khaki — Kha ki (k[aum] k[ e]), a. [Hind. kh[=a]k[=i], lit., dusty, dust colored, fr. Per. kh[=a]k dust.] Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo Indian… …

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