\Per`si*enne"\ (p[~e]r`s[i^]*[e^]n"; -sh[i^]*[e^]n";
F. p[~e]r`sy[e^]n"), n. [F., fem. of presien Persian.]
Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful
design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as
extended in English, material of a similar character.