Usually means: Decorative teardrop-shaped pattern, intricate.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. paisley: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Paisley, paisley: Merriam-Webster
  3. Paisley, paisley: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Paisley, paisley: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. paisley: Collins English Dictionary
  6. paisley: Vocabulary.com
  7. Paisley, paisley: Wordnik
  8. paisley: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Paisley: Wiktionary
  10. paisley: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. paisley: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. paisley: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. paisley: Dictionary.com
  14. paisley: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. paisley: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Paisley (UK Parliament constituency), Paisley (design), Paisley (name), Paisley (wrestler), Paisley: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. paisley: Rhymezone
  18. paisley: FreeDictionary.org
  19. paisley: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. paisley: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Paisley: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. paisley: Wiktionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paisley: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PAISley: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Paisley (Scotland), Paisley: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paisley: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See paisleys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A motif of a swirling droplet.
noun:  A soft woollen fabric having this motif.
adjective:  Made from this fabric, or marked with this design.
noun:  A town, the administrative centre of Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4863).
noun:  A locality in the Murray Mallee region, South Australia.
noun:  An unincorporated community and village in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
noun:  A census-designated place in Lake County, Florida, United States.
noun:  A small city in Lake County, Oregon, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.
noun:  A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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