Meaning of dimity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares.
   countable, uncountable
2. A female given name of modern usage.
3. A surname.

Equivalents

Examples

“Strain the ſoup through a piece of dimity into a clean ſaucepan, and let it ſtew till it is of the thickneſs of cream.”

“The first of these tweels, in respect to the number of leaves, is the dimity cord, which is merely the three leafed tweel turned, a plan of which is subjoined, both for cording and treading.”

“The drapery should always be perfectly white, of dimity, twilled muslin, or other neat strong material.”

“2009 Fall, Rabbit Goody, Jill Mancy, Interiors: Bug Bars & Slipcovers, Early Homes, page 20, Period slipcovers were typically made of linen and cotton, in woven checks or striped dimities.”

“The twilight fell mistily—it was the first of the autumn mists—and in the dimity the undispersed families of the tawny owl called to each other, the young with keewick and the old with the proper hooroo, hooroo.”

“1990, Miss Read (Dora Jessie Saint), Friends at Thrush Green, 2002, page 98, 'Raffle books,' she announced. 'What for?' enquired Dimity, feeling for her purse and about to do a vicar's wife's familiar duty.”

“The Diaper family lived in Sassafras street—the Dimity family in Pepperidge street; and the fathers of the Diaper girls and the Dimity girls were worth about the same money, and had both made it in the lumber line.”

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