Calʹico.

So called from Caliʹcut, in Malabar, once the chief port and emporium of Hindustan.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Calendar
Calendars (The Three)
Calends
Calepin (A)
Caleys (A Stock Exchange term)
Calf-love
Calf-skin
Caliban
Calibre [kali-ber]
Caliburn
Calico
Calidore
Caligorant
Caligula
Caligula’s Horse
Caliph or Calif
Calista
Calisto and Arcas
Calixtines
Call (A)
Call Bird (A)