ticken
(ˈtɪk(ə)n)
[A dialectal form of ticking n., the ending app. sometimes associated with -en4, as in hempen, woollen, etc.]
= ticking n., tick n.2 Also attrib.
| 1701 Lond. Gaz. No. 3739/4 Striped Ticken Breeches. 1707 E. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Eng. i. iii. (ed. 22) 20 The chief Manufactures are Woollen Cloaths, Cottons, and Ticken. 1769 De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. I. 93 Part of a Street of Booths was taken up with Upholsters Ware; such as Tickens, Sackens,..Rugs, Quilts, &c. 1843 Borrow Bible in Spain xi. 78 A long loose tunic or slop, seemingly of coarse ticken. |