Definition of coat

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Coat (v. t.) To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling..

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Redingote :: Redingote (n.) A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
Finish :: Finish (n.) See Finishing coat, under Finishing..
Chalaza :: Chalaza (n.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus..
Scratchwork :: Scratchwork (n.) See Scratch coat.
Pea-jacket :: Pea-jacket (n.) A thick loose woolen jacket, or coat, much worn by sailors in cold weather..
Tapetum :: Tapetum (n.) An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid..
Leyden Phial :: Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland..
Difference :: Difference (n.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency..
Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..
Choroid :: Choroid (a.) resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball..
Plater :: Plater (n.) One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater..
Hauberk :: Hauberk (v. t.) A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon..
Facing :: Facing (n.) The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat.
Detach :: Detach (v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party..
Stucco :: Stucco (n.) Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection..
Tegmen :: Tegmen (n.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura..
Blacklead :: Blacklead (v. t.) To coat or to polish with black lead.
Screed :: Screed (n.) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat..
Peridium :: Peridium (n.) The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars..
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