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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
clad .
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Examples
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Bead board clads the wall, with fir on the ceilings, lending warmth to the sitting area while contrasting with the steel-clad fireplace.
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It was the American Civil War that first brought iron-clads into combat, against wooden ships and against each other.
Waldo Jaquith - The wars so nice, we fought them twice. 2008
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Then there's the glossy black panel that runs along the top of the keyboard, which also clads the top row of keys in the same material.
Wired Top Stories Christopher Null 2010
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On the following morning I accompanied Admiral Porter in the ram Price, several iron-clads preceding us, up through Steele's Bayou to near Black Bayou.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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I'll undertake to send Lemoine back to Paris, or to put him on board one of the French iron-clads.
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John Bull is hammering away at his iron-clads and doing his best in every direction to aid the aristocratic and despotic principle, so dear to his soul -- nay, which _is_ his very soul and self.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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These be the days of iron-clads and of great armies.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Bayou toward Deer Creek, and so far as explored these water courses were reported navigable for the smaller iron-clads.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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-- Such was the confidence felt in the ability of the iron-clads to resist cannonballs, that Admiral
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Steam, turreted iron-clads and fifteen-inch guns have revolutionized naval warfare, and foreign governments, becoming sensible of this great change, are slowly but surely coming to the conclusion that turreted vessels and heavy ordnance are essential parts of an efficient fighting navy.
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