"Calico" is a word in ENGLISH
Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often
applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large
patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.
Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives
distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes,
shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
WORD SUGGESTIONS
Would you rather have a 300-pound dog chase you or a tiger?I'd rather have him chase the tiger.
A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform …
Read the complete definitionA comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is …
Read the complete definitionAny mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a …
Read the complete definitionA style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other.
Read the complete definitionA kind of cement made of flour and water, starch and water, or the like, -- used for uniting paper …
Read the complete definitionTo stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico.
Read the complete definition