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41Fly fishing — in a river Fly fishing is an angling method in which an artificial fly is used to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. Casting a nearly weightless fly or lure requires casting techniques significantly… …
42Sampson Gamgee — Dr Joseph Sampson Gamgee, MRCS, FRSE (born 17 April, 1828, Livorno, Italy; died 18 September, 1886) was a surgeon at the Queen s Hospital (later the General Hospital) in Birmingham, England. He pioneered aseptic surgery (having once shared… …
43Nursing bra — A new mother wearing a nursing bra as she breastfeeds her infant. A nursing bra is a specialized brassiere that provides additional support to women s milk filled breasts and permits comfortable breastfeeding without the need to remove the bra.… …
44Chamois leather — Shamy redirects here. For the pair of characters from The Big Bang Theory, see List of The Big Bang Theory characters. A Chamois leather cloth Chamois leather (   …
45History of electromagnetism — The history of electromagnetism, that is the human understanding and recorded use of electromagnetic forces, dates back over two thousand years ago, see Timeline of electromagnetism. The ancients must have been acquainted with the effects of… …
46Diaper bag — An over the shoulder diaper bag A diaper bag or nappy bag is a storage bag with many pocket like spaces that is big enough to carry everything needed by someone taking care of a baby while taking a typical short outing. These bags are not always… …
47sponge — spongeless, adj. spongelike, adj. spongingly, adv. /spunj/, n., v., sponged, sponging. n. 1. any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or… …
48wadding — /wod ing/, n. 1. any fibrous or soft material for stuffing, padding, packing, etc., esp. carded cotton in specially prepared sheets. 2. material used as wads for guns, cartridges, etc. 3. Surg. any large dressing made of cotton or a similar… …
49arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
50gauze — A bleached cotton cloth of plain weave, used for dressings, bandages, and absorbent sponges; petrolatum g. is saturated with petrolatum. [Fr. gaze, fr. Ar. gazz, raw silk] * * * gauze gȯz n a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing * * * n. thin… …
