close-fitting dress
121Fiasco (bottle) — A fiasco is a typical Italian style of bottle, usually with a round body and bottom, partially or completely covered with a close fitting straw basket. The basket is typically made of sala , a swamp weed, sun dried and blanched with sulfur. The… …
122coif — coif1 /koyf/, n. 1. a hood shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns. 2. any of various hoodlike caps, varying through the centuries in shape and purpose, worn by men and women. 3. a cap similar… …
123Johnny collar — (often l.c.) a small, pointed collar on a shirt, dress bodice, or the like, with close fitting neckline. * * * …
124midriff — /mid rif/, n. 1. diaphragm (def. 1). 2. the middle part of the body, between the chest and the waist. 3. the part of a dress or bodice, usually close fitting, that covers this part of the body. 4. a garment that exposes this part of the body. adj …
125paletot — /pal i toh , pal toh/, n. any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, esp. a close fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century. [1830 40; < F, MF, var. of paletoc < ME paltok a jacket, peasant s coat] * *… …
126princess — princesslike, adj. princessly, adj. /prin sis, ses, prin ses /, n. 1. a nonreigning female member of a royal family. 2. Hist. a female sovereign or monarch; queen. 3. the consort of a prince. 4. (in Great Britain) a daughter or granddaughter (if… …
127tarboosh — /tahr boohsh /, n. a tasseled cap of cloth or felt, usually red, that is worn by Muslim men either by itself or as the inner part of the turban. Also, tarbush. [1695 1705; < Ar tarbush < Ottoman Turk terposh, prob. < Pers sarposh headdress (equiv …
128Surya — In Hinduism, the sun and the sun god. Though once ranking with the major Hindu deities, he is now primarily worshiped only as one of the five important deities of the Smarta sect and as the supreme deity by the small Savra sect. Nevertheless, he… …
