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  • 81Clarence Raybould — Birth name Robert Clarence Raybould Born June 28, 1886(1886 06 28) Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Died March 27, 1972(1972 03 27) (aged 85) Bi …

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  • 82Orkney Islands Council election, 2007 — Elections to Orkney Islands Council were held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using six new wards created as a results… …

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  • 83headle — ˈhedəl variant of heddle * * * headle variant of heddle …

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  • 84pilolite — Min. (ˈpaɪləʊlaɪt) [f. Gr. πῖλος felt + lite.] A name under which Heddle has included much of the Mountain leather and Mountain cork formerly referred to asbestos. M. F. Heddle in Min. Mag. II. 206 …

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  • 85walkerite — walkerite2 Min. (ˈwɔːkəraɪt) [Named by Heddle 1880, after Prof. John Walker (1731–1803) who discovered it + ite.] = pectolite. Heddle in Min. Mag. IV. 122 …

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  • 86cora humming bird — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} …

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  • 87Heddling — Hed dling, vb. n. The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle eyes of a weaver s harness; the harness itself. Knight. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 88Lea — Lea, n. [Cf. {Lay}, n. (that which is laid), 4.] (Textile Manuf.) (a) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay. (b) A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 89line — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} …

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  • 90Line shaft — Shaft Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape} …

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