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Surat|s(j)ʊˈræt, ˈs(j)ʊəræt, ˈsʊræt|
Also 7 -att, -et.
The name of a town and district in the presidency of Bombay, India, used attrib. to designate (a) a kind of cotton produced in the neighbourhood, (b) coarse cotton goods, usually uncoloured; also ellipt. and as n. (with pl.) = Surat cotton, etc.
1643in E. B. Sainsbury Cal. Crt. Min. E. Ind. Co. (1909) 329 [Calicoes] Suratt narrowes. 1653Lading Du. E. Ind. Ships, 225 pieces Surets. 1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 277/1 They import salt, dates, and Surat piece-goods. 1846Commercial Mag. Oct. 184 We quote now an advance..of 1/4d. in all descriptions of Surat. 1861Simmonds Ure's Philos. Manuf. 87 (Descr. of Figure), Surat Cotton. 1865Pall Mall G. No. 80 1/1 East Indian cotton, or ‘Surats’. 1885J. J. Hummel Dyeing Textile Fabrics 2 The Madras, Surat, and short-stapled Egyptian cotton. |