n. - A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.
n. - A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
n. - A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.
n. - The young of an animal.
n. - A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.