Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.
2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
to clothe one's self extravagantly.
Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
xxiii. 21.
The naked every day he clad, When he put on his
clothes. --Goldsmith.
3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
one with authority or power.
Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
--Watts.
His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.
Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
garb. --Milton.
From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet
on his brothers shall depend for clothing. --Milton.
As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. --Ps.
xxxv. 13
2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.]
Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing.
--Ray.
3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a
boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
--Knight.
4. (Mach.) See {Card clothing}, under 3d {Card}.