curtain
31Curtain — This is an Irish surname of great antiquity. It derives from the pre 12th century Gaelic name MacCuirtin , which like the majority of Irish surnames was originally a nickname for the first chief of the clan. The word cuirtin translates as… …
32curtain — [13] Latin cortīna meant ‘round vessel, cauldron’, but in the 4th century Vulgate we find it being used to translate Greek aulaía ‘curtain’. The reason for this considerable semantic leap seems to have been a link perceived to exist between Greek …
33curtain — 1. noun he drew the curtains Syn: drape, drapery; window treatment, window hanging, screen, blind(s), shade; valance, café curtain 2. verb the bed was curtained off from the rest of the room Syn: conceal, hide, screen, s …
34curtain — n 1. window curtain, window shade; hanging, drapery, tapestry, dosser, portiere, valance, lambrequin; backdrop, drop, scrim; arras; firescreen. 2. screen, shutter, blind, shade, drape; cover, cloak, veil, purdah. v 3. screen, hide, shield, drape …
35curtain — Pākū, pale, pālulu, pālulu ao ao. ♦ Window curtain, pākū pukaaniani, pale pukaaniani …
36curtain — See side curtain …
37curtain — [13] Latin cortīna meant ‘round vessel, cauldron’, but in the 4th century Vulgate we find it being used to translate Greek aulaía ‘curtain’. The reason for this considerable semantic leap seems to have been a link perceived to exist between Greek …
38Curtain Theatre — circa 1600. (some authorities believe this to be a depiction of The Theatre, the other Elizabethan theatre in Shoreditch) Address 18 Hewett Street …
39Curtain Coating — is a process that creates an uninterrupted curtain of fluid that falls onto a substrate. The substrate is transported on a conveyer belt at a regulated speed through the curtain to ensure an even coat of the die. The curtain is created by using a …
40Curtain forces — (Russian: Отряды завесы, войска завесы, завеса) were military forces used by Soviet Russia in 1918 in the Western and Northern directions (Western Curtain and Northern Curtain respectively).[1] Additionally there were the Southern Curtain and… …
