A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.
chitin
chitin
noun
(biochemistry) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.
chiton
chiton
noun
(historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
ethnic
ethnic
adj
(historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.
Characteristic of a foreign or a minority group's culture.
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
noun
(archaic) A heathen, a pagan.
(in classical scholarship) The demonym of an Ancient Greek city.
An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
knitch
knitch
noun
(archaic, dialectal) A small bundle.
nichts
snitch
snitch
noun
(slang) A thief.
(slang) An informer, usually one who betrays his group.
(slang, Britain) A nose.
A ball used in the sport of Quidditch.
A tiny morsel.
verb
(dated, transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.
(intransitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
(slang, intransitive) To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
