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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Diaper

/(dī"ȧ*pẽr)/ · Di·a·per · IPA /ˈdaɪ(ə)pɚ/
01 n. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
  1. 1.
    Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
  2. 2.
    Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.(Fine Arts)
  3. 3.
    A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
    “Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . . Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper.” — Shak.
  4. 4.
    An infant's breechcloth.
02 v. t. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
  1. 1.
    To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
    “Engarlanded and diapered With in wrought flowers.” — Tennyson.
  2. 2.
    To put a diaper on (a child).
03 v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
  1. 1.
    To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.