flannel

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
2. 2
   A washcloth.
3. 3
   A flannel shirt.
4. 4
   Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
5. 5
   Synonym of flip (“hot mixture of beer, spirit, etc.”).

Adjective

1. 1
   Made of flannel.

Verb

1. 1
   To rub with a flannel.
2. 2
   To wrap in flannel.
3. 3
   To flatter; to suck up to.
4. 4
   To waffle or prevaricate.