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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" [syn: tick, ticking]
2: a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: ²tick Date: 1649 a strong linen or cotton fabric used in upholstering and as a covering for a mattress or pillow II. noun Etymology: ³tick Date: 1885 ticked marking on a bird or mammal or on individual hairs

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a stout usu. striped material used to cover mattresses etc. Etymology: TICK(4) + -ING(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tick Tick, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.] 1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat. 2. To strike gently; to pat. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ticking Tick"ing, n. [From Tick a bed cover. Cf. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see tick

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Bed-ticking, tick, ticken.