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Airer :: Airer (n.) A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.

Bedpost :: Bedpost (n.) Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff..

Cast-off :: Cast-off (a.) Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes..

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses..

Sadiron :: Sadiron (n.) An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron.

Microlepidoptera :: Microlepidoptera (n. pl.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc..

Bedstaff :: Bedstaff (n.) A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side..

Brush :: Brush (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc..

Boil :: Boil (v. t.) To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes..

Frippery :: Frippery (n.) Coast-off clothes.

Old :: Old (superl.) Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes..

Washtub :: Washtub (n.) A tub in which clothes are washed.

Change :: Change (v. t.) To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention..

Dirty :: Dirty (v. t.) To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands..

Horse :: Horse (n.) A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc..

Unclothed :: Unclothed (a.) Not yet clothed; wanting clothes; naked.

Swaddle :: Swaddle (v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..

Press :: Press (v.) To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes..

Duck :: Duck (n.) The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

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