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Definition of Nankeen

Nankeen
Nankeen Nan*keen", n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.] 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent. 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

Meaning of Nankeen from wikipedia

- Nankeen (also called Nankeen cloth) is a kind of pale yellowish cloth originally made in Nanjing, China from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently...
- The nankeen kestrel (Falco cenchroides), also known as the Australian kestrel, is a raptor native to Australia and New Guinea. It is one of the smallest...
- The nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) is a heron that belongs to the genus Nycticorax and the family Ardeidae. Due to its distinctive reddish-brown...
- The Bonin nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus cr****irostris) is an extinct subspecies of the nankeen night heron. The Bonin nankeen night heron...
- and South America. In Australasia it is replaced by the closely related nankeen night-heron (N. caledonicus), with which it has hybridized in the area...
- Mockado Moire Moleskin Monk's cloth Moquette Mouflon Mousseline Muslin Nankeen Neoprene Net Oilskin Organdy Organza Osnaburg Ottoman Oxford Paduasoy Panné...
- common names recorded include round-leaf box, red box, white box, egolla, nankeen gum, round-leaved box and shiny-leaf box. In 1990, Lawrie Johnson and Ken...
- The 130 m (430 ft) long bridge and cycle path link to it cost $3.4m. The Nankeen night heron is rare in New Zealand, but a po****tion has established along...
- the spotted kestrel, although it is thought to be closely related to the Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides). Both species are considered members of the...
- Linsey-woolsey Loden Longcloth Mackinaw Madapollam Madras Moleskin Muslin Nainsook Nankeen Ninon Oilskin Organdy Organza Osnaburg Ottoman Oxford Paduasoy Percale...