Linen vs. Calico
Linen and Calico Definitions
Linen
Thread made from fibers of the flax plant.
Calico
A tightly woven cotton cloth having a repeating, often floral design.
Linen
Cloth woven from this thread.
Calico
Chiefly British A plain white cotton cloth, heavier than muslin.
Linen
Also linens Articles or garments, such as sheets, tablecloths, or underwear, formerly made of linen and now usually made of other fabrics, especially cotton.
Calico
An animal, such as a cat, having a coat of white fur with distinct patches of different colors, usually reddish-orange and black.
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Linen
Paper made from flax fibers or having a linenlike luster.
Calico
(textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
Linen
Made of flax or linen.
Calico
Ellipsis of calico cat
Linen
Resembling linen.
Calico
(uncountable) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.
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Linen
(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
Calico
Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
The calico cat had distinctive red and dark markings.
The calico-patterned tablecloths were supposed to make the restaurant look rustic; instead, they made it look run down.
Linen
(countable) Domestic textiles, such as tablecloths, bedding, towels, underclothes, etc., that are made of linen or linen-like fabrics of cotton or other fibers; linens.
She put the freshly cleaned linens into the linen closet.
Calico
Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
The importation of printed or stained colicoes appears to have been coeval with the establishment of the East India Company
Linen
A light beige colour, like that of linen cloth undyed.
Calico
Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
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Linen
Made from linen cloth or thread.
Calico
Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; - often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.
Linen
Having the colour linen, light beige.
Calico
Coarse cloth with a bright print
Linen
Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
Calico
Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned;
Calico dresses
A calico cat
Linen
Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Calico
Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly;
A jester dressed in motley
The painted desert
A particolored dress
A piebald horse
Pied daisies
Linen
Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; - used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.; as, bed linens
Linen
Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
Linen
A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
Linen
A high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish
Linen
White goods or clothing made with linen cloth
