linen+thread

  • 81line — line1 [līn] n. [ME merging OE, a cord, with OFr ligne (both < L linea, lit., linen thread, n. use of fem. of lineus, of flax < linum, flax)] 1. a) a cord, rope, wire, string, or the like b) a long, fine, strong cord with a hook, sinker,… …

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  • 82Bassoon — Infobox Instrument name=Bassoon names= classification=Woodwind instrument (double reed) range= related= * Tenoroon * Contrabassoon (double bassoon) * Dulcian * OboeThe bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically… …

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  • 83Kearny, New Jersey — Infobox Settlement official name = Kearny, New Jersey settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Map highlighting Kearny within Hudson County. Inset: Location of Hudson county… …

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  • 84Doily — A doily A doily (or doilie) is an ornamental mat, originally the name of a fabric made by Doiley, a 17th century London draper.[1] Doily earlier meant genteel, affordable woolens , evidently from the same source.[2] …

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  • 85tatting — /tat ing/, n. 1. the act or process of making a kind of knotted lace of cotton or linen thread with a shuttle. 2. such lace. [1835 45; orig. uncert.] * * * ▪ decorative arts  process by which a fabric akin to lace is made of thread with a small… …

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  • 86gel-1 —     gel 1     English meaning: “to curl; round, *gland, growth, ball, fathom, arm”     Deutsche Übersetzung: “ballen, sich ballen; Gerundetes, Kugeliges” etc     Material: evidence for the unadjusted root form are seldom and partly very doubtful …

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  • 87Crinoline — Bustle cage crinoline, c. 1868, Victoria and Albert Museum. Cutaway vie …

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  • 88Belfast Blitz — The Belfast Blitz was an event that occurred on the night of Easter Tuesday, 15 April 1941. Two hundred bombers of the German Air Force ( Luftwaffe ) attacked the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. One thousand people died as a result of the… …

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  • 89lī̆no- — Flax. 1. Form *lino . linoleic acid, from Greek linon, flax. 2. Form *līno . leno, line1, line2, lineage, linen, lingerie, linnet …

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  • 90inkle — /ing keuhl/, n. 1. a linen tape used for trimmings. 2. the linen thread or yarn from which this tape is made. [1535 45; orig. uncert.] * * * …

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