English-Thai Dictionary

calico

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CALICO

n.[said to be from Calicut, in India. ] Cotton cloth. In England, white or unprinted cotton cloth is called calico. In the United States, calico is printed cotton cloth, having not more than two colors. I have never heard this name given to the unprinted cloth. Calico was originally imported from India, but is now manufactured in Europe and the United States.

 

CALICO-PRINTER

n.One whose occupation is to print calicoes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CALICO

Cal "i *co, n.; pl. Calicoes. Etym: [So called because first imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot. ]

 

1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc. [Eng. ] The importation of printed or stained colicoes appears to have been coeval with the establishment of the East India Company. Beck (Draper's Dict. ).

 

2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

 

Note: In the United States the term calico is applied only to the printed fabric. Calico bass (Zoöl.), an edible, fresh-water fish (Pomoxys sparaides ) of the rivers and lake of the Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley. ), allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated colors; -- called also calicoback, grass bass, strawberry bass, barfish, and bitterhead. -- Calico printing, the art or process of impressing the figured patterns on calico.

 

CALICO

CALICO Cal "i *co, a.

 

Defn: Made of, or having the apperance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.]

 

CALICOBACK

CALICOBACK Cal "i *co *back `, n. (Zoöl.)(a ) The calico bass. (b ) An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica ) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

calico

cal i co |ˈkaliˌkō ˈkæləˌkoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. calicoes or calicos ) printed cotton fabric: [ as modifier ] : a calico dress. • Brit. a type of cotton cloth, typically plain white or unbleached. ▶adjective (of an animal, typically a cat ) multicolored or mottled. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (originally also calicut ): alteration of Calicut, where the fabric originated.

 

Oxford Dictionary

calico

calico |ˈkalɪkəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. calicoes or US also calicos ) [ mass noun ] Brit. a type of cotton cloth, typically plain white or unbleached: [ as modifier ] : a calico dress. • N. Amer. printed cotton fabric. ▶adjective N. Amer. (of an animal, typically a cat ) multicoloured or piebald. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (originally also calicut ): alteration of Calicut, where the fabric originated.

 

French Dictionary

calicot

calicot n. m. nom masculin Toile de coton. Prononciation Le t ne se prononce pas, [kaliko ] Note Orthographique calico t.

 

Spanish Dictionary

calicó

calicó nombre masculino Tela delgada de algodón .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del francés calicot, de Calicut, ciudad de la India .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

calico

cal i co /kǽlɪkòʊ /名詞 複 ～es , ｟米 ｠～s 1 U ｟米 ｠サラサ 〘模様を染め付けた綿布 〙.2 U ｟英 ｠キャラコ 〘白の平織り 広幅の綿布 〙.3 C ｟米 ｠まだらの動物 .形容詞 1 サラサ (模様 )の ; キャラコの .2 ｟米 ｠まだらの 〈動物 〉.