diaper

Definitions

1. 1.(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.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.An infant's breechcloth.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.To put a diaper on (a child).
6. 6.To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. "If you diaper on folds." Peacham.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced called?
• What is 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 called?
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• What is to draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. "If you diaper on folds." Peacham called?