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(1):

(n.) A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.

(2):

(n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.

(3):

(v. t.) To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.

(4):

(v. t.) To clothe in a frock.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Frock'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/frock.html. 1828.
 
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