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  • 21Osnaburg — was a coarse type of plain textile fabric, named for the city of Osnabrück (from which it may have been first imported into English speaking countries). Originally made from flax yarns, it has been made from either flax, tow or jute yarns,… …

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  • 22K-ration — The K ration was an individual daily combat food ration which was introduced by the United States Army during World War II. It was originally intended as an individually packaged daily ration for issue to airborne troops, tank corps, motorcycle… …

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  • 23Archibald Maule Ramsay — Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay (May 4, 1894 – March 11, 1955) was a British Army officer who later went into politics as a Scottish Unionist Member of Parliament (MP). From the late 1930s he developed increasingly strident antisemitic views …

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  • 24Crape — Detail of a Kimono Crape (an Anglicized version of the Fr. crêpe [1]) is a silk, wool, or polyester fabric of a gauzy texture, having a peculiar crisp or crimpy appearance. (The word crape is also used as an Anglicized spelling of …

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  • 25Cretonne — Cretonne, originally a strong, white fabric with a hempen warp and linen weft. The word is sometimes said to be derived from Creton, a village in Normandy where the manufacture of linen was carried on. Some other serious sources mention that the… …

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  • 26Dimity — A bustle made from dimity, 1881. Dimity is a lightweight, sheer cotton fabric having at least two warp threads thrown into relief to form fine cords. It is a cloth commonly employed for bed upholstery and curtains, and usually white, though… …

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  • 27Dowlas — is the name given to a plain cloth, similar to sheeting, but usually coarser. It is made in several qualities, from line warp and weft to two warp and weft, and is used chiefly for aprons, pocketing, soldiers gaiters, linings and overalls. The… …

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  • 28Patten (shoe) — Pattens were clogs, overshoes or sandals, held on the foot by leather or cloth bands, often with a wooden sole or metal device to elevate the foot and increase the wearer s height or aid in walking in mud. They were worn during the Middle Ages… …

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  • 29Jinmeiyō-Kanji — (jap. 人名用漢字, dt. „Schriftzeichen für Personennamen“) sind 985 japanische Schriftzeichen (Kanji), die vom japanischen Justizministerium als Ergänzung zu den 1.945 Jōyō Kanji zugelassen sind. Hintergrund ist, dass ohne diese Ergänzung zu den Jōyō… …

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  • 30interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …

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