| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  kr sh |
| NOUN: | 1. A coarse, light, unevenly woven fabric of cotton or linen, used for towels and curtains. 2. Starched reinforced fabric used to strengthen a book binding or the spine of a bound book. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Russian krashenina, colored linen, from krashenie, coloring, from krasit', to color. See ker-3 in Appendix I.
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