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  • 31Abaster erythrogrammus — Hoop Hoop, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.] 1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A ring; a circular band; anything… …

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  • 32Melia sempervirens — Hoop Hoop, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.] 1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A ring; a circular band; anything… …

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  • 33dress — /dres/, n., adj., v., dressed or drest, dressing. n. 1. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 2. clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 3. formal attire. 4. a particular… …

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  • 341750–1795 in fashion — Portrait of John and Elizabeth Lloyd Cadwalader and their Daughter Anne by Charles Willson Peale, Philadelphia, 1772 Fashion in the period 1750–1795 in European and European influenced countries reached heights of fantasy and abundant… …

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  • 35Narcissus (genus) — Taxobox name = Narcissus image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Asparagales familia = Amaryllidaceae genus = Narcissus genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Subgenera, Species, Subspecies… …

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  • 36Farthingale — Far thin*gale, n. [OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See {Verdant}.] A hoop… …

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  • 37Winchester and Western Railroad — The Winchester and Western Railroad reporting mark|WW is a class III railroad operating between Gore and Winchester, Virginia, and from Winchester, up though the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, to Hagerstown, Maryland. The W W is exclusively… …

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  • 38Industry and Idleness — is the title of a series of 12 plot linked engravings created by William Hogarth in 1747, intending to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application and the sure disasters attending a lack of both.… …

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  • 39Narcissus (plant) — Daffodil redirects here. For other uses, see Daffodil (disambiguation). Daffodils redirects here. For the Swedish musical group, see The Daffodils. For the poem by William Wordsworth, see I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. Narcissus …

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  • 40Crinoline — Bustle cage crinoline, c. 1868, Victoria and Albert Museum. Cutaway vie …

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