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packthread (ˈpækθrɛd) Forms: see pack and thread. [f. as prec. + thread n.] Stout thread or twine such as is used for sewing or tying up packs or bundles.1341 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 542 In Paknedel et Paktrede emp. pro lana pakkanda, viijd. 1392–3 Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 158 Pro pacthred p...
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packthread
packthreadn [U] strong thread for sewing or tying up packs (缝包或打包用的)捆扎线, 粗线, 打包绳.
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Cat's cradle
"An ingenious play they call cat's cradle; one ties the two ends of a packthread together, and then winds it about his fingers, another with both hands takes it off perhaps in the shape of a gridiron, the first takes it from him again in another form, and so on alternately changing the packthread into
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A Trip to Calais
Viper, a Protestant priest working for Lady Deborah Dripping, and a villainous co-conspirator to O'Donnovan, as well as Sir Harry Hemper, and Peter Packthread
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pack-needle
ˈpack-ˌneedle Forms: see pack and needle. [f. pack n.1 + needle; cf. Ger. packnadel, Du. paknaald (Kilian packnaelde).] A large strong needle used for sewing up packages in stout cloth.1327 Wardrobe Acc. 20 Edw. II 26/10 Unus penner cum paknedlis. 1341 [see packthread]. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 126,...
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bardelle
† barˈdel(le Obs. rare. [a. F. bardelle (= It. bardella): see bard n.2] A pack-saddle.1603 Florio Montaigne i. xlviii. (1632) 158 There is nothing accounted more base..than to use saddles or bardels. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Bardelle..denotes a saddle made in form of a great saddle, but only of cl...
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History of electromagnetic theory
experiments that demonstrated the difference between conductors and non-conductors (insulators), showing amongst other things that a metal wire and even packthread
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kenaf
kenaf (kəˈnæf) Also kanaff. [Persian.] = ambari.1891 Kew Bull. 204 Recently an announcement has been made of the discovery of a new textile plant on the shores of the Caspian. The plant known as Kanaff by the natives is said to yield a soft elastic and silky fibre... It is supposed that Kanaff fibre...
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colligate
▪ I. † colligate, a. Obs. [ad. L. colligāt-us pa. pple. of colligāre: see next and -ate2.] Bound together, fastened, attached (lit. and fig.).1471 Ripley Comp. Alch. iv. iv. in Ashm. (1652) 145 In whych the partys be left which left so collygate; And so promotyd unto most perfyt temperance. 1528 Fox...
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marling
▪ I. marling, vbl. n.1 (ˈmɑːlɪŋ) [f. marl v.1 + -ing1.] The action of marl v.1; manuring with marl.a 1400 Parlt. 3 Ages 142 His rentes and his reches rekened he full ofte Of mukkyng of marlelyng and mendynge of howses. 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 576/25 Certificatio [sic], marlynge. 1603 Owen Pembrokes...
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cat's-cradle
cat's-cradle Also cat-cradle. [Origin probably fanciful: the guess that it ‘may have been’ cratch-cradle is not founded on facts.] A children's game in which two players alternately take from each other's fingers an intertwined cord so as always to produce a symmetrical figure.1768 Tucker Lt. Nat. (...
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collet
▪ I. collet, n.1 (ˈkɒlɪt) Also 6–7 colet(t, collat(t, -ett. [a. F. collet, dim. of col neck:—L. collum. In sense 4 prob. directly ad. It. colletto.] † 1. The neckband of a garment; a collar or band worn round the neck; a necklet. Obs.1561 in Thomson Inventories (1815) 148 (Jam.) Item, ane collet of ...
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pack
▪ I. pack, n.1 (pæk) Forms: 3–7 packe, 4–5 pakke, (4 palke), 4–6 pak, (5–6 pake), 4– pack. [ME. packe, pakke (early 13th c.) corresponds to early MFlem. pac (12th c.), MDu. (a 1300), MLG., Du., LG. pak; (late) MHG. and Ger. pack; also Icel. pakki (1337), Sw. packa, Da., Norw. pakke; obs. F. pacque (...
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funnel
▪ I. funnel, n.1 (ˈfʌnəl) Forms: 5 fonel(le, 6–7 funell, 6–8 funnell, (6 fonnell, funnelle), 7– funnel. [ME. fonel (15th c.; a supposed earlier example belongs to funel, rope), app. a. OF. *founil (whence Breton founil). Mod.Pr. dialects have founil, enfounilh, which are probably corrupted adoptions...
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