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Atherstone — Infobox UK place country = England official name= Atherstone latitude= 52.5787 longitude= 1.5462 civil parish= population = 8,293 (2001) shire district= North Warwickshire shire county= Warwickshire region= West Midlands constituency westminster … Wikipedia
Haunt — Haunt, n. 1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts. [1913 Webster] Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fulling — or tucking or walking ( waulking in Scotland) is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to get rid of oils, dirt, and other impurities, and thickening it. The worker who does the job is a fuller,… … Wikipedia
Biddenden — infobox UK place country = England official name= Biddenden latitude= 51.1139 longitude= 0.6441 map type= civil parish= Biddenden population = 2,434 shire district= Ashford shire county= Kent region= South East England constituency westminster=… … Wikipedia
Textile manufacturing terminology — The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fibre from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. (Both fibre and fiber are used in this article.)… … Wikipedia
Name of Brazil — The etymology of Brazil stems from brazilwood, its earliest commercially exploited product. In Portuguese brazilwood is called pau brasil, with the word brasil commonly given the etymology red like an ember , formed from Latin brasa ( ember ) and … Wikipedia
Pandy — This article is about the Fulling Mill, called a pandy. :: for the place near Abergavenny, see Pandy, Monmouthshire :: for the place in the Ceiriog Valley, see Pandy (Ceiriog) :: for the electoral ward in north Wales, see Pandy (Llanfairfechan) … Wikipedia
Arthur John Burns — (22 October, 1830 15 September, 1901) was a promentant early settler of Otago, New Zealand, a member of the Otago Provincial Council, a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and founder of the Mosgiel Woollen Company, Dunedin.Burns… … Wikipedia
Myddelton, Sir Hugh, 1st Baronet — ▪ Welsh merchant Myddelton also spelled Middleton born 1559/60, Galch Hill, Denbighshire, Wales died July 19, 1643, Bush Hill, London, Eng. member of the English Parliament (1603–28) and contractor of the New River scheme for supplying… … Universalium
Glossary of textile manufacturing — For terms specifically related to sewing, see Glossary of sewing terms. For terms specifically related to dyeing, see Glossary of dyeing terms. The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. To make textiles, the first… … Wikipedia
