Tartan

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A vessel used in the Mediterranean for commercial and other purposes.
  • noun. A woolen or worsted cloth woven with lines or stripes of different colors crossing each other at right angles so as to form a definite pattern.
  • noun. The design or “set”of the colors in the cloth known as tartan. See set, n., 14.
  • noun. The check peculiar to this cloth. Also shepherd's plaid.
  • Variegated with the cross-barred bands and stripes of color characteristic of the Scottish tartans, or with patterns of a similar kind.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern.
  • noun. A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.
  • noun. A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns.
  • noun. The pattern associated with such material.
  • noun. An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.
  • noun. Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.
  • adjective. Having a pattern like a tartan.
  • adjective. Scottish.
  • verb. To clothe in tartan.
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  • noun. a cloth having a crisscross design
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    Barton  Martin  Spartan  barton  carton  
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