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 and Tabby from a street in Baghdad. Baden Powell, however, in his list of cotton fabrics met with in the Punjab [Punjab Manufactures, vol. ii, p. 22 ], names taftd a fabric of twisted thread, made both in silk and cotton ; and tafta in Persian means twisted, as bafta means woven. Perhaps the manu- facture gave its name to the street in Baghdad where it was made. Cambric is from Cambray ; Sarcenet from the Saracens ; Moire and Mohair from the Moors. Diaper is not, however, from d’Ypres in Flanders, but from a Low Greek word hiao-irpov (from 8ta(T7raa>, I separate), meaning “ patterned, ” figured, diapered. Arras is from Arras ; Dowlas — “ filthy dowlas ” — from Dowlais in F ranee; Holland, “ of eight shillings an ell,” from Holland; and Nankeen from Nankin. Gauze is said to be from Gaza r Baize from Baise, and Dimity from Damietta. Cypresse is from Cyprus ; and Frieze from Friesland; Jean from Jaen ; Cloth of Rayne from Rennes; and Cloth of Tars from Tarsus, or perhaps Tabriz. Drugget is said to be from Drogheda ; Duck, that is Tuck [whence Tucker Street, Bristol], from Torques in Nor- mandy. Bourde de Elisandre or Bourdalisandre from Alex- andria; Worsted from Worsted in Norfolk; and Kerseymere [“ Cashmere ”] from Kersey, and Linsey-Wolsey from Linsey, two villages of Sussex. Gingham is said to be from Guingamp ; Siclatoun is thought to be from Sicily. Chintz is derived from chint or chete, Hindu words for variegated, spotted, 'whence chita. Velvet and Samit are both fabrics of Eastern origin, and the etymology of the former word, in old English “ velouette,'’ is from the Italian vellute, fleecy, nappy, and Latin vellus a fleece ; and of the latter, from “ six,” and [uroi “ threads,” the number of threads in the warp of the texture. Camlet was originally probably woven of camels' hair. Under the Eastern Empire Chrysoclavus was the name given to old silks of rich dyes ■worked with the round nail head pattern in gold. The name Gammodion was given to silks patterned with the Greek letter T ; and when four of these letters were so placed as to form a