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chintz|tʃɪnts|
Forms: pl. 7–8 chints, 7 chites; sing. 7 chint, (? 7) 8–9 chints, 8 chince, chinse, 8– chintz.
[Originally chints, plural of chint, a. Hindī chīnt; also formerly found as chite, F. chite, Pg. chita, a. Mahrātī chīt in same sense; both:—Skr. chitra variegated. The plural of this word, being more frequent in commercial use, came in course of time to be mistaken for a singular, and this to be written chince, chinse, and at length chintz (app. after words like Coblentz, quartz). This error was not established before the third quarter of the 18th c., although editors and press-readers have intruded it into re-editions of earlier works. Cf. the similar baize for bays.]
1. orig. A name for the painted or stained calicoes imported from India; now, a name for cotton cloths fast-printed with designs of flowers, etc., in a number of colours, generally not less than five, and usually glazed.
† (α) sing. chint, pl. chints (-z).
1614W. Peyton Voy. in Purchas Pilgrims iv. xv. (1625) I. 530 Callicoes white and coloured..Pintados, Chints and Chadors. 1663Pepys Diary 5 Sept., Bought my wife a chint [so app. MS.; ed. chintz], that is, a painted Indian callico, for to line her new study. 1678J. Phillips Tavernier's Trav. ii. i. iv. 33 There is also a great Trade for all sorts of painted Calicuts, which are called Chites. 1697W. Dampier Voy. II. 134 Silks, Chints, Muzlins, Callicoes. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. (Index), Chint, a sort of Callico painted. 1725De Foe Voy. round World 22 A quantity of..wrought silks, muslins and Chints [mod. edd. chintz]. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. viii. (1783) III. 350 Japan wares, calicoes, chintz, muslins, silks.
(β) sing. chints (chinse), chintz, pl. chintzes.
1719D'Urfey Pills I. 163 In Callicoe, or lowly Chinse. 1732Pope Ep. Cobham 248 Let a charming Chintz [ed. 2 chints] and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs. 1746–7Hervey Medit., In Flower Garden, The most admired chintses. 1755Johnson, Chints, cloath of cotton made in India. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 553 A vast trade in chintzes. 1832Webster, Chints (sing.). a1845Hood To Tom Woodgate xviii, The maids in morning chintz. 1880G. C. M. Birdwood Ind. Arts II. 91 Masulipatam chintzes.
2. attrib. Of chintz; covered, etc., with chintz.
1712Arbuthnot & Swift John Bull Postscr. x, How he..could not sleep but in a Chints bed. 1722Lond. Gaz. No. 6068/8 One Chince Gown. 1756M. Calderwood in Scotsman 13 Dec. (1884) 9/6 A very pretty chince night⁓gown. 1768in Gentl. Mag. XXXVIII. 395 Two ladies were convicted before the Lord Mayor in the penalty of {pstlg}5 for wearing Chintz Gowns. 1849Lytton Caxtons 13 The chintz chairs in the best drawing-room were uncovered. |