batikn.

Brit.

/bəˈtiːk/,

/baˈtiːk/,

/ˈbatɪk/, U.S.

/bəˈtik/,

/ˈbædɪk/

Forms: Also battik.

Etymology: Javanese, lit. ‘painted’.

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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