From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Diaper \Di"a*per\, v. i.
To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. "If you diaper on
folds." --Peacham.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Diaper \Di"a*per\ (d[imac]"[.a]*p[~e]r), 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.
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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.
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3. A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
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Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . .
Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper. --Shak.
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4. An infant's breechcloth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Diaper \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.
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Engarlanded and diapered
With in wrought flowers. --Tennyson.
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2. To put a diaper on (a child).
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diaper
n 1: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the
legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch
excrement [syn: {diaper}, {nappy}, {napkin}]
2: a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven
pattern of small repeated figures
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