This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[Hind.] A red or colored silk or calico handkerchief with patterns or white spots. The handkerchiefs are pressed between hydraulic plates with holes or patterns, and the bleaching fluid poured into these holes passes through and produces the spots or patterns.
 
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