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What's The Definition Of Diaper?

\Di"a*per\, n. [OF. diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, It. diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from L. jaspis a green-colored precious stone. See {Jasper}.] 1. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2. 2. (Fine Arts) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced. 3. A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc. Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . . Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper. --Shak. 4. An infant's breechcloth.
\Di"a*per\, v. t. 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. --Tennyson. 2. To put a diaper on (a child).
\Di"a*per\, v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. ``If you diaper on folds.'' --Peacham.