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(bə tēk′, bä′tēk′)

noun

a method of dyeing designs on cloth by coating the parts that are not to be dyed with removable wax
cloth so decorated or a design made in this way

Origin: Malay

adjective

of or like batik

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noun

a. A method of dyeing a fabric by which the parts of the fabric not intended to be dyed are covered with removable wax.
b. A design that is created by this method.
Fabric dyed by this method.

transitive verb ba·tiked, ba·tik·ing, ba·tiks

To dye (fabric) using this method: batiked a T-shirt.

Origin:

Origin: Malay batek

Origin: , of Javanese origin

Origin: , from Proto-Austronesian *beCík, tattoo (from the fact that the original process of piercing the waxed cloth prior to soaking was similar to tattooing)

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