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calf-skin
calf-skin Also calf's-, calves-, calve-. The skin or hide of a calf; a superior kind of leather made from this, and used in bookbinding, shoemaking, etc. More rarely = vellum.1590 Shakes. Com. Err. iv. iii. 18 Hee that goes in the calues-skin, that was kil'd for the Prodigall. 1595 ― John iii. i. 12...
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Wolf and Shepherd
Products
Wolf and Shepherd shoes are designed and crafted using Italian calf-skin, Parisian waxes and running shoe technology developed in Los Angeles
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snipper
snipper (ˈsnɪpə(r)) [f. snip v.] 1. pl. A machine or instrument for snipping or clipping; scissors.1593 J. Norden Spec. Brit. (Camden) Pref. p. xiv, They have snippers wherewith they snyppe and pare their plates, which snippers..are so artificially placed,..that by the mocion of the water also the s...
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calfe
▪ I. calf1 (kɑːf) Forms: 1 cealf, celf, cælf, 2 Kentish chalf, 3 kelf, 3–5 kalf, 3– calf, (5 calffe), 6 caulf, Kentish chawlfe, 8 calve; (Sc. 6–9 cawf, 9 cauf). Pl. calves: 1 cealfru, calfru, calfur, cealfas, 4 calveren, calvys, 4–5 calfis, 7 calfes, 4– calves. (The genit. sing., esp. in comb., was ...
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Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets
There are slight differences in the uniform worn by each class year, noted below, including the Senior Boots, calf-skin riding boots harkening back to A senior cadet is easily recognized by the distinctive brown calf-skin leather boots, known as senior boots, sabre, and gold braid on the garrison cap.
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Winchester Bible
Description
The Bible contains 936 pages, as 468 leaves of calf-skin parchment, which equates to hides of about 250 calves.
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smack
▪ I. smack, n.1 (smæk) Forms: 1 smæc, 3–4 smac (Orm. smacc), 4–6 smak (6 smake), 5–6 smakke, 4–7 smacke, 6– smack. [OE. smæc, = OFris. smek, MDu. smac, MLG. smak (LG. smakk, schmakk; also Sw. smak, Da. smag), OHG. and MHG. smac, smach (G. dial. schmack; cf. G. geschmack). Slightly different in forma...
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The Saint John's Bible
line-breaks for the text) and older techniques used in the creation of ancient illuminated manuscripts (handwritten with turkey, goose, and swan quills on calf-skin
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japanned
japanned, ppl. a. (dʒəˈpænd) Also with capital initial. [f. japan v.] 1. Varnished, lacquered, or adorned with japan or in Japanese style.1693–4 in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 338 The tortoise-shell room, and the japanned room. 1717 Bullock Woman is a riddle i. i. 6 A japan'd cane, and a brus...
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Fortune Smiles
He opens up this package; inside are a pair of calf-skin gloves and an aesthetically elegant but confiscated pen from the prison, which he gave to his
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ooze
▪ I. ooze, n.1 (uːz) Forms: α. 1 wós, 2–5 wos, (4 wus), 5–6 wose, 6 woos, 5–8 woose, 7–8 wooze. β. 6 ouse, 6–7 ouze, 6– 8 owze, 7 oose, (oze, oaze), 8– ooze. [In senses 1, 2, OE. wós juice, sap, expressed juice: cf. MLG. wos(e scum, etc. Sense 3 is a later formation from ooze v.1 (itself a deriv. of...
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Aran Islands
Conventional shoes cannot be worn, so the fishermen wear soft calf-skin moccasins called pampooties, made of goatskin, calfskin, or cowhide.
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smooth
▪ I. smooth, n. (smuːð) Also 5–6 smothe. [f. the adj.] 1. † a. A level space, = smeeth n. Obs.c 1440 Promp. Pav. 460/2 Smethe, or smothe,..planicies. b. U.S. A meadow; a grass field.1845 S. Judd Margaret i. ii, Get some plantain and dandelion on the smooth for greens. 1848 Bartlett Dict. Amer. 314. ...
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Roman army of the mid-Republic
Shield
The heavy infantry shield (scutum) was a long oval in shape and convex, made of two layers of wood glued together, with canvas and calf-skin covers
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Winchester Cathedral
The text, in the Latin of St Jerome, was handwritten on 468 sheets of calf-skin parchment, each measuring .
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