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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clouding \Cloud"ing\, n. 1. A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing. 2. A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals. --Knight. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cloud \Cloud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouded}; p. pr & vb n. {Clouding}.] 1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as the sky is clouded. 2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence to render gloomy or sullen. One day too late, I fear me noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. --Shak. Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks --Milton. Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. --M. Arnold. 3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character. I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so without My present vengeance taken --Shak. 4. To mark with or darken in veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as to cloud yarn. And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clouding n : the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky [syn: {clouding up}]
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