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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diaper \Di"a*per\, v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. ``If you diaper on folds.'' --Peacham. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diaper \Di"a*per\, 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Engarlanded and diapered With in wrought flowers. --Tennyson. 2. To put a diaper on (a child). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diaper n 1: folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement [syn: {nappy}, {napkin}] 2: a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures
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