The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ticken \Tick"en\, n.
   See Ticking. [R.] --R. Browning.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ticking \Tick"ing\, n. [From Tick a bed cover. Cf. Ticken.]
   A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which
   ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in
   stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called
   also ticken.
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