1. (n.) A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.

2. (n.) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.

3. (n.) A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.

4. (n.) The young of an animal.

5. (n.) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

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