batikn.
/bəˈtiːk/, /baˈtiːk/, /ˈbatɪk/, U.S. /bəˈtik/, /ˈbædɪk/ 1. The Javanese art and method (introduced into England by way of Holland) of executing designs on textiles by covering the material with wax in a pattern, dyeing the parts left exposed, and then removing the wax, the process being repeated when more than one dye is used. Also, (a garment made of) a fabric dyed in this way; the kind of pattern, consisting of a medley of colours, characteristic of this art.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > processes or techniques
masteringa1475
woading1613
aluming1735
saddening1743
bouillon1791
galling1791
dunging1792
piece-dyeing1863
union dyeing1875
batik1880
batiking1880
tie-and-dye1886
cross-dyeing1901
tie-dying1903
vat dyeing1912
tie-dye1926
tied dyeing1928
ikat1931
overdyeing1939
yūzen1958
spin-dyeing1961
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 604/2 Another mode is to cover with melted wax or damar the part of the cloth not intended to receive the dye... The ‘battiks’, as the cloths thus treated are called, are in request by the wealthier classes.
1906 Daily Chron. 26 Jan. 4/6 Java is the home of Batik, which is a kind of colour-printing on fabrics.
1922 Daily Mail 8 Aug. 3/3 Exact in detail, faultless in design, brilliant in colour, good batik is a joy.
1924 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Nov. 777/1 ‘Batik’ is a Javanese word, and the art was originally practised in Java, whence the Dutch brought it to Europe over three hundred years ago.
1936 J. Dos Passos Big Money 428 Ladies in flowing batiks.
1958 Times 13 Aug. 12/5 Real wax batiks are now being sold to meet the demand for gay summer frocks.
2. attributive passing into adj. Executed by the art or method of batik; of, or ornamented with, batik work; hence, loosely, characterized by a fantastic colour-pattern.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]
fawa700
medleyc1350
freckledc1380
motleyc1380
pied1382
specked1382
vary1382
partyc1385
parted1393
peckleda1400
polymitec1425
sere-colouredc1425
vairc1425
discoloured?1440
motleyed1447
varying1488
sheld1507
fleckered1508
piet1508
mellay1515
particoloured1530
pickled1552
varied1578
mingled1580
partly coloured1582
chequered1592
medley-coloured1593
mingle-coloured1593
piebald1594
feathered1610
changeable1612
particolour1612
enamelled1613
variousa1618
pie-coloured1619
jaspered1620
gangean1623
versicolour1628
patchwork1634
damasked1648
variously-coloureda1660
variegateda1661
agated1665
varicoloured1665
damaska1674
various-coloureda1711
pieted1721
versicoloured1721
diversicoloured1756
mosaic1776
harlequin1779
spanged1788
calico1807
piety1811
varied-coloured1811
discolorate1826
heterochromous1842
jaspé1851
discolor1859
discolorous1860
jasperoid1876
damascened1879
heterochromatic1895
variotinted1903
batik1914
varihued1921
rumbled1930
damasky1931
pepper-and-salt1940
partihued1959
the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [adjective] > process or technique
woaded1579
galled1581
overdyeda1616
wool-dyed1832
piece-dyed1841
chromed1876
yarn-dyed1885
yūzen1902
box-coloured1903
tie-dyed1903
after-chrome1904
batik1914
vat-dyed1946
premetallized1949
spun-dyed1955
spin-dyed1963
1914 Studio 14 Mar. 154/2 Examples of embroidery and batik work.
1914 Studio 14 Mar. 155/1 Batik Shawl.
1920 Brit. Mus. Return 64 A piece of batik cloth, dyed with Chinese designs, from Java.
1920 S. Lewis Main St. xvii. 215 An arty arrangement of batik scarfs and heavy tables.
1923 Advt. (Nonesuch Press) in Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Sept. 627 [Volumes] bound in quarter-vellum with batik sides.
1927 Punch 20 Apr. 424/3 He removed his horn-rims and began polishing them vigorously, producing for the purpose a large silk handkerchief of chaste design. There is nothing batik about Edward.
1967 Spectator 14 July 53/2 ‘Digs’ from Hampstead to Earls Court are littered with batik-patterned fabrics.
Derivatives
ˈbatiking n. (also ˈbattiking) the production of batik work.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > processes or techniques
masteringa1475
woading1613
aluming1735
saddening1743
bouillon1791
galling1791
dunging1792
piece-dyeing1863
union dyeing1875
batik1880
batiking1880
tie-and-dye1886
cross-dyeing1901
tie-dying1903
vat dyeing1912
tie-dye1926
tied dyeing1928
ikat1931
overdyeing1939
yūzen1958
spin-dyeing1961
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 604/2 A more rapid process of battiking by means of hand stamps has begun to be employed both by native and Chinese workers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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