Cloaking

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cloak \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cloaking \Cloak"ing\, n.
     1. The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing
        anything.
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              To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings.
                                                    --Strype.
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     2. The material of which of which cloaks are made.
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