Battik
batik.
a technique of hand-dyeing fabrics by using wax as a dye repellent to cover parts of a design, dyeing the uncovered fabric with a color or colors, and dissolving the wax in boiling water.
the fabric so decorated.
to hand-dye (material) using the technique of batik.
noun
a variant spelling of batik
noun
a process of printing fabric in which parts not to be dyed are covered by wax
fabric printed in this way
(as modifier): a batik shirt
n.
1880, from dutch, from malay mbatik, said to be from amba “to write” + t-tik “dot, point.”
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