About The Word Diaper
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Diaper
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What's The Definition Of Diaper?
[n] garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
[n] a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures Synonyms | Synonyms for Diaper: napkin | nappy Related Terms | Find terms related to Diaper: See Also | cloth | fabric | garment | material | textile Diaper In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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