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At last the work was over, and on June 16th, 1876, the "monster"--rolled on a mahogany pole presented by a London friend, and encased in American cloth--was placed in a carriage to be conveyed to the House of Commons; the heading ran: "The petition of the undersigned Charles Bradlaugh, Annie Besant, Charles Watts, and 102,934 others".

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  1. noun Fabric or material formed by weaving, knitting, pressing, or felting natural or synthetic fibers.
  2. noun A piece of fabric or material used for a specific purpose, as a tablecloth.
  3. noun Nautical Canvas.
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  • Scrawled upon the cloth was the sign again, a cross with a cedilla at the top. —  Sweet Danger - Margery Allingham - Campion 05: 1933
  • The Grand Master says that the cloth is the only relic whose authenticity is certain. —  The BROTHERHOOD of the HOLY SHRO
  • Suddenly he grasped the trouser covering that leg and tore the cloth off his leg, an effort requiring considerable hand strength, because the cloth was a tough brown gabardine... Whatever was hurting him began hurting him elsewhere... He tore, successively, a shirt sleeve, the bosom of his shirt. —  156 - Se-Pah-Poo
  • Since the cloth was already pretty wet, I just slapped in the bar and lathered away. —  MoneyBlogNetwork
  • I'm convinved the Vatican knows the cloth is a fake; sadly they continue this farce upon humanity to try to give credence to the Catholic religion. —  Top stories from Times Online
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  1. Middle English, from Old English clāth.

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  1. Formerly also cloath (plural clothes, cloaths, cloathes); from Middle English cloth, earlier clath (plural clothes, clothis, and by contraction close (cf. Scots claes): see clothes), from Anglo-Saxon clāth = OFries. klāth, klād, Friesic klaed = Low German D. kleed = Middle High German kleit, German kleid, a dress, garment, = Icelandic klæthi = Swedish kläde = Danish klæde, cloth; origin uncertain. See clothes. Hence clothe, clad.
  2. from cloth, n. Cf. clothe.
 

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