• (n.) Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended in English, material of a similar character.
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Per`si·enne' (pẽr`sĭ*ĕn'; - shĭ*ĕn';
F. pẽr`syĕn')
noun [ French, fem. of
presien Persian.] Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended in English, material of a sim...
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