flaking-off
1flaking — adjective Breaking or tending to break into flakes. All the flaking had to be scraped off before repainting, fortunately it came off easily …
2flaking — fleɪk n. small piece, fragment, chip; stratum; strange person (Slang); cocaine (Slang); frame for drying fish v. peel; chip; come off in small pieces; form into flakes; cover with flakes …
3pressure flaking — noun Etymology: flaking from gerund of flake : the shaping of a stone implement by pressing off flakes with a pointed stick or bone compare percussion flaking * * * a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with… …
4percussion flaking — noun : the shaping of a stone implement by striking or chipping off flakes with another stone or a piece of wood, bone, or antler compare pressure flaking * * * a method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another… …
5flake tool — a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core. [1945 50] * * * Stone Age devices, usually flint (see chert and flint), shaped by flaking off small particles or by breaking off a large flake to use as a tool.… …
6National Defense Reserve Fleet — NDRF ships at Suisun Bay, California The National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) consists of mothballed ships, mostly merchant vessels, that can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping for the United States of America during national …
7Guqin construction — The construction of the guqin Chinese zither is a complex process like any other musical instrument. However, there is much symbolism in the choice of materials, the shape or form of the instrument that are important things to consider when… …
8Levallois technique — The Levallois technique is a name given by archaeologists to a distinctive type of flint knapping developed by humans during the Palaeolithic period.It is named after nineteenth century finds of flint tools in the Levallois Perret… …
9skē̆ i- — skē̆ i English meaning: to cut, separate Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden, trennen, scheiden” Note: extension from sek ; initial sound partly also sk̂ , skh , sk̂h , as in the continuing formation Material: I. O.Ind. chyati “… …
10Dorothy Dandridge — as Mahia in the trailer from the M G M thriller The Decks Ran Red (1958) Born Dorothy Jean Dandridge November 9, 1922(1922 11 09) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S …
