batik
(noun) a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted
batik
(verb) dye with wax; “Indonesian fabrics are often batiked”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
batik (countable and uncountable, plural batiks)
A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
batik (third-person singular simple present batiks, present participle batiking, simple past and past participle batiked)
To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.
Source: Wiktionary
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
