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Pronunciation : Cloak (; 110)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtik origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.]
Definition : 1. 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.

2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover. No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. South. Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cloak
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser.

Syn. -- See Palliate.

t. [imp. & p. p. Cloaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Cloaking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913