Look up: calico

1. Calico
   A coat pattern consisting of a mosaic blend of black and orange, plus patches of white.
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2. calico
   [adj] - made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned 2. [n] - coarse cloth with a bright print
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3. Calico
   White cotton cloth often printed with a pattern.
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4. calico
   a term for an inexpensive, brightly printed cotton cloth woven with carded yarns in a plain weave. Category: Various industries and crafts
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5. calico
   Plain-weave cotton cloth originally imported from Calicut, a port in south-west India, during the 17th and 18th centuries and later manufactured in Britain. It was used, with painted or printed patterns, for soft furnishings especially during the 18th and19th centuries.
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6. Calico
   Cal'i·co noun ; plural Calicoes . [ So called because first imported from Calicut , in the East Indies: confer French calicot .] 1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according t...
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7. Calico
   Cal'i·co adjective Made of, or having the appearance 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.]
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8. calico
   adjective made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned; `calico dresses`; `a calico cat`
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9. calico
   noun coarse cloth with a bright print
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10. Calico
    • (n.) Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern. • (a.) Made of, or having the appearance 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. • (n.) Plain white cloth made from cotton, bu...
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11. calico
    all-cotton fabric woven in plain, or tabby, weave and printed with simple designs in one or more colours. Calico originated in Calicut, India, by ... [2 related articles]
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12. Calico
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13. calico
    calico, plain weave cotton fabric in one or more colors. Calico, named for Calicut, India, where the fabric originated, was mentioned by historians before the Christian era and praised by early travelers for its fine texture and beautiful colors. Block-printed cottons from Calicut imported into Engl...
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14. Calico
    Calico is a cotton cloth named from Calicut, a city of India. It was first brought to England by the East India Company in 1631. The name is generally given to any plain white cotton cloth, and in America it is applied to printed cottons. In 1721 a statute was passed imposing a penalty of five pound...
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15. calico
    Plain weave cotton cloth first imported from Calicut, a port in the south-west of India, during the 17th and 18th centuries and later manufactured in Britain. Used, with painted or printed patterns, for soft furnishings and poular during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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16. calico
    a plain white cotton cloth, heavier than muslin.
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17. calico
    plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc. (So called because first imported from Calicut, in the East Indies) Also: Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
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18. Calico
    (textile) `Calico` is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may contain unseparated husk parts, for example. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or denim, but owing to its unfinished and undyed appearance, it is still very cheap. Ori...
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19. Calico
    (goldfish) goldfish. `Calico` or `nacreous` goldfish are goldfish of any breed that sport a mixture of metallic and transparent scales that produces a pearly appearance.<ref name="Andrews">"An Interpet Guide to Fancy Goldfish" by Dr. Chris Andrews, Interpet Publishing, ...
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