n. [ From Tick a bed cover. Cf. Ticken. ] A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken. [ 1913 Webster ]
[いっしょけんめい, isshokenmei] (adj-na, n-adv, n) (1) (See 一生懸命) very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place; (2) sticking at living in one place