- (n.) Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
- (a.) 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.
- (n.) Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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