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a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers

a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers

A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; - called also ticken.

A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; - called also ticken.

A closely woven cloth used to contain the feathers or other materials of beds.

n. A closely-woven cloth used for making bed-ticks ; ticken.