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| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Care-cloth (The). | |
| The fine linen cloth laid over the newly-married in the Catholic Church. (Anglo-Saxon, cear, large, as cear wúnd (a big wound), cear sorh (a great sorrow), etc.) | 1 |
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