Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A British geometrid moth, Cidaria picata: more fully called
short-cloak carpet .
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Catherine took her seat upon it, wearing a surcoat, or species of ermine short-cloak covered with precious stones, a bodice beneath it with the royal mantle, and on her head a crown enriched with pearls and diamonds, and held in place by the Marechale de la Mark, her lady of honor.
Catherine De Medici Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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