GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Cloak , n. [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtic origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.]
   A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.
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   That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
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   No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
   South.
   
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   Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau.
   Shak.
   
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   Cloak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloaked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cloaking.] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
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   Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter.
   Spenser.
   Syn. -- See Palliate.
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