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Chlamys   Listen
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Chlamys  n.  (pl. E. chlamyses, L. chlamydes)  A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Chlamys" Quotes from Famous Books



... through the dawning irids ambushed meanings show. Illumined this wise on, He threads securely the far intricacies, With brede from Heaven's wrought vesture overstrewn; Swift Tellus' purfled tunic, girt upon With the blown chlamys of her fluttering seas; And the freaked kirtle of the pearled moon: Until he gain the structure's core, where stands - A toil of magic hands - The unbodied spirit of the sorcerer, Most strangely rare, As is a vision remembered in the noon; Unbodied, yet to mortal seeing clear, Like sighs ...
— Sister Songs • Francis Thompson



Words linked to "Chlamys" :   bloom, cape, floral envelope, perigonium, natural covering, blossom, flower, mantle



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