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Look up: chintz

  1. Chintz
    Chintz is slang for a bedbug.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Chintz
    Chintz is slang for a bedbug.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. chintz
    [n] - a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. chintz
    Printed fabric, usually glazed, popular for furnishings. In England in the late 16th and 17th centuries the term was used for Indian painted and printed cotton fabrics (calicos) and later for...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. chintz
    Cotton furnishing fabric in plain dyes or with printed patterns, and from the 1850s with a highly glazed finish. The word is from the Hindu chint (variegated) and at first applied to painted or printed calicoes imported from India in the 17thC.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  6. Chintz
    Chintz noun ; plural Chintzes . [ Hindi chīnt spotted cotton clooth, chīntā spot .] Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed. Swift.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/66

  7. chintz
    noun a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Chintz
    • (n.) Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. chintz
    plainwoven, printed or solid-colour, glazed cotton fabric, frequently a highly glazed printed calico. Originally `chintz` (from the Hindi word ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/73

  10. chintz
    a cotton printed in several colors on a light or white background
    Found on http://www.decoratorsecrets.com/glossary

  11. chintz
    chintz (chints) [probably Hindustani,=variegated], originally a painted or stained calico from India. Esteemed for its bright colors and designs, it was used in Europe for bedcovers and draperies. Reproductions of Indian designs and also original patterns were soon produced. Especially noted was toi...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  12. Chintz
    Originally, chintz was a painted or stained calico imported from India, the term now applies to any brightly patterned cotton fabric with a glazed finish.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. chintz
    Cotton furnishing fabric in plain dyes or with printed patterns, and from the 1850s with a highly glazed finish. The word is from the Hindu chint (variegated) and at first applied to painted or printed calicoes imported from India in the 17thC.
    Found on http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-ter

  14. Chintz
    , India, c. 1710–1725. V&A Museum collections. `Chintz` is glazed calico cloth printed with flowers and other patterns in different colours. Unglazed calico is called "cretonne". The word Calico is derived from the name of the Indian city Calicut (Kozhikkode in native Malayalam)...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chintz



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