Many manufactured things, and especially woven cloths, silks, etc., are called by the name of the place from which they come, or from which they first came. _Cashmere_, a favourite smooth woollen material, is called after Cashmir, in India. _Damask_, the material of which table linen is generally made, takes its name from Damascus; as does _holland_, the light brownish cotton stuff used so much for children's frocks and overalls, from Holland, and the rough woollen material known as _frieze_ from Friesland. _Cambric_, the fine white material often used for handkerchiefs, takes its name from Cambrai in France, the place where it was first made. The word _cambric_, however, came into English from _Kamerijk_, the Dutch name for Cambrai. So the other fine material known as _lawn_ got its name from Laon, another French town. Another fine material of this kind, _muslin_, takes its name from Mussolo, a town in Mesopotamia, from which this kind of material first came. Another commoner kind of stuff is _fustian_, made of cotton, but thick, with a short nap, and generally dyed a dark colour. The word _fustian_ has also come to be used figuratively to describe a showy manner of speaking or writing, or anything which tries to appear better than it is. The word comes from Fustat, a suburb of Cairo. A more substantial material, _tweed_, which is largely made in Scotland, really takes its name from people pronouncing _twill_ badly; but the form _tweed_ spread more quickly because people associated the material with the country beyond the river Tweed. Another kind of stuff which we generally associate with Scotland is _tartan_, because this woollen stuff, with its crossed stripes of different colours, is chiefly used for Scottish plaids and kilts, especially of the Highland regiments. But the word _tartan_ does not seem to be a Scottish word, and probably comes from _Tartar_, which was formerly used to describe almost any Eastern people. Perhaps the fact that Eastern peoples love bright colours caused this name to be given to these bright materials, though there is nothing at all Eastern in the designs of the Scottish tartans. Another material with an Eastern name is _sarcenet_, or _sarsenet_, a soft, silky stuff now chiefly used for linings. Often in tales of olden times we read of people hiding behind the "arras." This was a wall covering of tapestry, often hung sufficiently far from the wall to leave room for a person to pass. The word _arras_ comes from Arras, a town in France, which was famous for its beautiful tapestries. We know the word _tabby_ chiefly as the name of a kind of striped cat, but this use of the word came from the Old French word _tabis_, and described a material with marks which the markings on a "tabby" cat resemble. The French word came from the Arab word _utabi_, which perhaps came from the name of a suburb of the famous city of Baghdad.