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Look up: Diaper

  1. Diaper
    A diaper is a device employed in Gothic architecture for decorating the plain surface of a wall. It is a pattern of leaves and flowers, and sometimes it is worked into squares or lozenges. Diapers are sometimes carved in stone and sometimes painted and are generally used only in interior work.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. diaper
    A pattern formed by small, repeated geometrical motifs set adjacent to one another, used to decorate stone surfaces in architecture and as a background to illuminations in manuscripts, wall painting or panel painting.
    Found on http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary

  3. diaper
    [n] - a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures 2. [n] - garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. diaper
    In Gothic architecture, a small pattern of a conventional nature, generally geometrical but sometimes floral in design, used for the surface decoration of stone. The idea was probably taken from the...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. diaper
    damask cloth; check weave Category: Various industries and crafts • originally, a rich, costly silk fabric woven in a small diamond-shaped pattern with single colored patterns. Uses: vestments, dresses, etc. in the Orient. Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. diaper
    See decorative motifs.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  7. Diaper
    Di'a·per noun [ Old French diaspre , diapre , diaspe , sort of figured cloth, Italian diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from Latin jaspis a green-colored precious stone. See Jasper .] 1. A...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/58

  8. Diaper
    Di'a·per transitive verb 1. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving. ' Diapered light.' H. Van Laun. « Engarlanded and diapered With in wrought flowers.» T...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/58

  9. Diaper
    Di'a·per intransitive verb To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. 'If you diaper on folds.' Peacham.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/58

  10. diaper
    nappy noun garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. Diaper
    • (v. t.) To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving. • (v. t.) To put a diaper on (a child). • (n.) Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2. • (n.) An infant`s breechcloth. • (n.) A to...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. diaper
    in architecture, surface decoration, carved or painted, generally composed of square or lozenge shapes but also of other simple figures, each of ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/43

  13. Diaper
    Diaper was 1930s and 1940s slang for clothes.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Diaper
    Diaper was 1930s and 1940s slang for clothes.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. Diaper
    Ornament, often done by chasing, producing a trellised or latticed design of diamonds, squares, and similar formal shapes.
    Found on http://freespace.virgin.net/a.data/gloss

  16. Diaper
    An absorbent undergarment that is worn by babies and young children that are unable or unwilling to control the bladder and bowels. Diapers must be changed frequently by parents and caregivers to avoid diaper rash. Synonym(s): Nappy Narrower term(s): Disposable Diaper Cloth Diaper Diaper Service
    Found on http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/D/2

  17. Diaper
    As a term in ornamentation diaper is applied to a surface covered with a flowered pattern sculptured in low relief, or to a similar pattern in painting or gilding covering a panel or flat surface.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  18. Diaper
    Diaper is a kind of textile fabric formerly much used for towels and napkins, and formed either of linen or cotton, or a mixture of the two, upon the surface of which a flowered or figured pattern is produced by a peculiar mode of twilling.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  19. Diaper
    nappy
    Found on http://london.allinfo-about.com/features

  20. diaper
    fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures.
    Found on http://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/glossary.cfm

  21. Diaper
    :"Nappy" redirects here. For other uses, see Nappy (disambiguation) and Diaper (disambiguation). :For the geological term, see diapir. A `diaper` (in North America) or `nappy` (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries) is a ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaper



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