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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cloith, v. [Cf. Cloith,n.] tr. To clothe.1531 Bell. Boece I. 160.
Four honorabil men, cloithit … with na les precious than semand abulyementis Ib. 184. 1622-6 Bisset II. 339/10.
Baronius sayis he wes … hungared to death, cloithed in hairclayth