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61Dart (sewing) — Darts are folds sewn into fabric to help provide a three dimensional shape to a garment. They are frequently used in women s clothing to provide a fit that closely follows the shape of the wearer. Two kinds of darts are common in blouses for… …
62Davis Sewing Machine Company — The Davis company began in 1868 in Watertown, USA and later moved to Dayton, Ohio in about 1890. Davis sewing machines had no conventional four motion feed (invented by Allen B Wilson and used in most other machines) as it is the needle bar and… …
63Tailor's ham — For the food product, see Pork roll. A tailor s ham A tailor s ham or dressmaker s ham is a tightly stuffed pillow used as a curved mold when pressing curved areas of clothing, such as darts, sleeves, cuffs, collars, or waistlines. Pressing …
64Notions (sewing) — In sewing and haberdashery, notions is the collective term for a variety of small objects or accessories. Notions can include items that are sewn or otherwise attached to a finished article, such as buttons, snaps, and collar stays, but the term… …
65Carta mercatoria — Merchants Charter, 1303, granted by Edward I to alien merchants, permitting them to retail spices and *mercery; previously only the English had been able to sell such things …
66La Brodeselde — A shed or warehouse, in the parish of St. Pancras in Cheapside, in the mercery, in Cheap Ward. First mention: Great seld of Roysia de Coventre, 1300 1 (Cal. L. Bk. C. p. 87), and See Ct. H.W. I. 275. Described by Sharpe in a note as the… …
67Mercers' Company — The first of the 12 Great Livery Companies. Incorporated 1393 (S. 272). They had their shops and selds in the Mercery in Chepe in early times. Built Gresham College jointly with the Corporation. Elections to the Mistery of Mercers… …
68The Ropary — A part of Thames Street in the parishes of All Hallows the Great and All Hallows the Less, and perhaps including All Hallows lane, which was not called by that name until the 16th century. There seem to have been two portions of the street,… …
69on — [ ɔ̃ ] pron. indéf. • XIIe; om 842; du nominatif lat. homo → homme ♦ Pronom personnel indéfini de la 3e personne, invariable, faisant toujours fonction de sujet. REM. La tournure l on (au Moyen Âge « les hommes »), s emploie encore, dans la… …
70Alamercery — Le nom est surtout porté dans l Ain (également 69, 42). Il semble faire partie des noms matronymiques rencontrés du Berry à la Bresse, et désignerait le fils de la Mercery, ce dernier nom étant un dérivé de Mercier. Notons cependant que Mercerie… …
