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  • 61Belt — (b[e^]lt), n. [AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw. b[ a]lte, Dan. b[ae]lte, OHG. balz, L. balteus, Ir. & Gael. balt border, belt.] 1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady s belt; a sword belt. [1913 Webster] The… …

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  • 62Unlace — Un*lace , v. t. [1st un + lace.] [1913 Webster] 1. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe. [1913 Webster] 2. To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace. [1913 Webster] What s the matter, That you unlace your… …

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  • 63Baseball — sport imagesize=300px caption=A view of the playing field at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois union= nickname= first= 1755 in London [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3582726 America s pastime really English? Earliest reference… …

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  • 64Thallium — (pronEng|ˈθæliəm) is a chemical element with the symbol Tl and atomic number 81. [ [http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/81.html thallium ] , Los Alamos National Laboratory. Retrieved November 21, 2006.] This soft gray malleable poor metal resembles …

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  • 65Cable — For other uses, see Cable (disambiguation). 6 inch (15 cm) outside diameter, oil cooled cables, traversing the Grand Coulee Dam throughout. An example of a heavy cable for power transmission …

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  • 66Tipi — A tipi (also teepee, tepee) is a conical tent originally made of animal skins or birch bark and popularized by the Native Americans of the Great Plains. Tipis are stereotypically associated with Native Americans in general, but Native Americans… …

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  • 67Archie Bunker — Infobox character name = Archie Bunker caption = Archie Bunker first = Meet the Bunkers last = I m Torn Here cause = End of the series gender = Male age = 50 (in 1974) born = 1924 occupation = Blue collar worker (loading dock foreman, janitor,… …

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  • 68Tightlacer — A tightlacer is someone who practises daily tightlacing; the wearing of a corset for long periods in order to reduce the natural circumference of the waist. Some persons choose tightlacing for aesthetic reasons. Some do this to improve the figure …

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  • 69Riding boot — Riding boots are boots made to be used for horseback riding. The classic boot comes high enough up the leg to prevent the leathers of the saddle from pinching the leg of the rider, has a sturdy toe to protect the rider s foot when on the ground,… …

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  • 70History of corsets — Woman s corset c. 1730–1740. Silk plain weave with supplementary weft float patterning, stiffened with baleen. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.63.24.5.[1] …

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