cotton+blue

Coloured striped or checked cotton fabrics used in India, the Philippines, Egypt, and many South American markets for trousers. Generally made from coloured yarns in drab, black, brown, and blue, from 27-in. to 48-in. wide, plain and twill weaves. The cloths are sometimes raised on the back. A fair style is 64 ends and 48 picks per inch, 30's warp, 24's weft. Another cloth has 90 ends and 84 picks per inch, 36's warp, 32's weft; and a better cloth 80 ends and 74 picks per inch, 2/40's warp, 16's weft.

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vána-ja

m. a woodman, forester R. ;
(only L.) an elephant;
Cyperus Rotundus;
the wild citron tree;
a partic. bulbous plant (= vana-ṡūraṇa);
coriander;
(ā) f. (only L.) Phaseolus Trilobus;
the wild cotton tree;
wild ginger;
Physalis Flexuosa;
a kind of Curcuma;
Anethum Panmori;
a species of creeper;
n. waterborn, a blue lotus-flower Hariv. ;
-pattrâ̱ksha mf (ī)n. ( MBh.) andﾠ -jâ̱ksha mf (ī)n. ( Prasannar.) lotus- (leaf-) eyed;
-jâ̱yata mfn. long andﾠ resembling a blue lotus-flower Subh.

All-cotton cloth, matting weave, white and blue stripes, usually bleached yarns, and the cloth soft-finished: 34-in. to 36-in. wide, and made up in 10 or 12 yard ends: 60-ends, 36 picks, 24's white, 4-ends of 20's opal blue per inch, 14's or 16's weft. So called from Bengal, where the cloth was first manufactured. They were first made in Great Britain at Paisley.

Cotton cloths 2 X 2 twill weave, woven from blue dyed yarns; used for overalls suitings; 30-in./90 yards 44 X 108 per inch 20/16 yarns. The plain weave cloth which this term is sometimes applied is not correctly named, it should be termed a " Blue Baft."

A heavy plain weave coloured cotton cloth used for garments in East Africa. Generally dark blue stripes, or blue and black stripes, in solid bars. There are border stripes in other colours, and headings at each end of the piece. One quality is made 52 X 44, 20's/16's, with 18's colour yams.

A combination of two plain cloths woven together. The cloths are bound together by changing places. For convenience one cloth may be called the face and the other the back cloth, but both cloths appear both on the back and the face of the double texture. Where the cloths change places are the only binding points, and the interchange of the two cloths forms the pattern. Double plains were formerly much used for vestings and suitings in both cotton and wool. Other constructions include fancy dress materials, and the illustration shows a double plain in which a yellow cloth interchanges with a blue cloth. Both cloths have 30's warp and weft, but the yellow has 88 ends and 88 picks per inch, while the blue has only 44 ends and 44 picks. The reverse side of the fabric is exactly opposite to that illustrated.

Cotton cloths, four-end twill weave, warp face, made from dyed warp and weft of heavy counts. Some qualities have a white or grey stripe down each selvedge. Really a denim with coloured weft instead of grey, and a blue warp. Made about 32-in. wide, 80 ends and 64 picks per inch, 16's T., 18's W. (see also Blue Dungaree and Dowgaree)

A cotton fabric printed with indigo blue paste. The colour is mixed with other material into a paste and the cloth printed with the mixture. The fabric is then treated in some alkaline solution which fixes the blue colour. The cloth is made about 72 ends and 76 picks per inch, 32's T., 36's W.

All cotton cloths dyed indigo blue with the pattern formed by either a resist or discharge process. This is a general term, and all indigo blue fabrics may come under it.

Indian term for a saree, all cotton, made in Bengal, and has a blue ground. There are stripes and checks on this blue ground. Made in many qualities.

A plain cotton cloth with warp and weft yarns of different colours, such as red warp, and blue weft. Also made in checks, 2 red, 2 blue, or 2 red, 2 white. About 64 ends and 66 picks per inch, 30's warp, 28's colour warp, and 38's weft. The checks are also known as Pathas.

A silk fabric made in India from native silk. Plain weave, about 72 ends and 72 picks per inch, and 120 to 150 denier yarns. Used for dress purposes and handkerchiefs. A bordered cotton handkerchief made from blue and white yarns about 48 ends and 48 picks per inch, 18's warp, 20's weft. In designs with blue predominating. The British Navy supplies this cloth to sailors.

These are coloured cotton cloths for native wear in East and South Africa, South America, and some parts of India. The warp is usually yarn dyed blue, and fancy coloured wefts form cross stripes. There is a bar of blue weft then a bar of other colours. Made about 56 ends and 44 picks per inch, 30's warp, 16's weft.

Cotton shirting cloths of heavy make woven in the 5-shaft warp face satin weave. The warp is all coloured yarn, giving darker stripes on a light blue ground, or all light blue warp. Soft finished and used for shirts, overalls, etc. Standard makes are 100 ends and 60 picks per inch, 36's warp, 32's weft, 84 ends and 52 picks per inch, 20's warp, 24's weft.

نَبَات \ plant: sth. that grows from the ground (flowers, grass, crops, etc.; often not including bushes and trees): a tobacco plant. \ نَبَات \ corn: any plant that bears grain, esp. in BrE wheat, in AmE maize; the grain of such a plant. \ See Also حَبّ القَمْح، الذُّرَة \ نَبَات \ parasite: a creature (or plant) that lives on another and feeds on its blood, etc.; a person who lives on the efforts of sb. else and does not earn his own living. \ See Also حَيَوان أو شَخْص طُفَيْلِيّ \ نَبَات الأسَل \ rush: a plant that grows in wet places; its tall stems are used for making chair seats, baskets and floor coverings. \ نَبَات الأَفُوكاتَة (نبات)‏ \ avocado: pear a green tropical fruit with a large seed and smooth oily flesh. \ نَبَات البَنْجَر \ beet: a plant with a large root, of which the white kind produces sugar, and the red kind is used as a vegetable. \ See Also الشَّمَنْدَر \ نَبَات الجَاوْدَار \ rye: a kind of corn that is used for black bread. \ See Also الشَّيْلَم \ نَبَات الحَزَاز \ lichen: a very small plant which spreads over rocks, trees, etc.. \ نَبَات الخُرْشُوف (الأَرْضي شَوْكي)‏ \ artichoke: a kind of vegetable. \ نَبَات الخُزَامَى \ lavender: a plant with small sweet-smelling purple flowers and grey leaves. \ نَبَات الخَشْخَاش \ poppy: a wild red flower of several kinds (including the opium poppy). \ نَبَات الدِّفْلَى \ oleander: a bush with beautiful red or white flowers, common in gardens in hot countries. \ نَبَات الرَّاوَنْد \ rhubarb: a garden plant whose stems are cooked and eaten as fruit. \ See Also الرِّيباص \ نَبَات الرَّتَم \ broom: a bush with yellow flowers. \ See Also البَلاّن \ نَبَات الرَّتَم \ juniper: an evergreen bush whose fruit is used to give a taste to GIN. \ See Also العَرْعَر \ نَبَات الزنجَبيل \ ginger: a plant whose hot-tasting root is used in cooking. \ نَبَات السَّرْخَس \ fern: a feathery green plant with no flowers; a mass of this. \ See Also الخُنْشَار \ نَبَات السَّعَادة \ lotus: a flower that grows in lakes (also called the water lily). \ نَبَات شائِك \ thistle: a wild plant with prickly leaves. \ نَبَات الصَّبّار \ cactus, cacti, cactuses: a prickly plant that growns in a dry place. \ نَبَاتُ الفاصُوليَا \ bean: various kinds of plant that produce this. \ See Also اللُّوبيَا، الفول، إلخ \ نَبَات الفُطْر \ mushroom: a small leafless edible plant with a white circular top on a single stem, that can grow in one night. \ نَبَات القُرَّاص \ nettle: a wild plant whose leaves can sting. \ نَبَات القُطن \ cotton: a plant that has a soft white woolly substance round its seeds. \ نَبَات القنَّبِيط (القَرْنَبيط)‏ \ cauliflower: a vegetable with a large white head and green leaves. \ نَبَات القُنْدُول \ gorse: a prickly bush with yellow flowers, common on wild land in Britain. \ نَبَات اللَّبلاب (المتَسلّق)‏ \ ivy: a wild evergreen plant that climbs up trees and walls, and has a leaf with 5 points. \ نَبَات اللِّيف \ loofah: a climbing plant whose dried fruit is used as a brush for washing oneself; such a brush. \ نَبَات مُتَسَلِّق \ creeper: a plant that cannot stand by itself but climbs up walls or trees. \ نَبَات النِّيل (العَظْلَم) (صباغ أزرق)‏ \ indigo: a deep blue colouring matter; the plant that provides it. \ نَبَات الهِنْدِباء البَرّيّة \ dandelion: a yellow wild flower. \ نَبَات وزهرة السَّوْسَن \ iris: a tall plant that grows from a bulb and has gay flowers of various colours (blue, yellow, white, etc.).

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