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Dimity

noun

A strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains.

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"Dimity" Quotes from Famous Books

... covered only the middle of the floor; the rest was painted white. The furniture was common but neat as wax. Ample curtains of white dimity clothed the three windows, and lightly draped the bed. The toilet-table was covered with snow-white muslin, and by the toilet-cushion stood, late as it was, a glass of flowers. Ellen thought it must be a pleasure to ...

— The Wide, Wide World • Elizabeth Wetherell

... little girl about thirteen years of age opened the door, and on seeing the strangers summoned her mother, who at once appeared, and led the way to the room she had prepared for Pierre's reception. It was on the ground-floor, and contained a dimity-covered bed, and a few other simple articles of furniture, quite sufficient for all the young ...

— From Powder Monkey to Admiral - A Story of Naval Adventure • W.H.G. Kingston

... his ballfield. "Hal Crane drove out on his wheel to the woods, as he promised, you know, and not a letter, nor a line, nor a scrap was there," and she dropped her dimpled chin down on her soft white dimity collar, until the top of her curly head ...

— The Girl Scout Pioneers - or Winning the First B. C. • Lillian C Garis

... voice. Near the center of the room was a wheeled chair in which sat a young girl of about her own age—a rather pretty girl in spite of her thin frame and pallid countenance. She was neatly dressed in figured dimity, with a bright ribbon at her throat. A pair of expressive brown eyes regarded Mary Louise with questioning earnestness. Over her lap lay a coverlet; her slender white fingers rested upon the broad ...

— Mary Louise • Edith van Dyne (one of L. Frank Baum's pen names)

Words linked to "Dimity" : material, cloth, fabric, textile