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  • 1Hair (in Christian Antiquity) — • The paintings in the catacombs permit the belief that the early Christians simply followed the fashion of their time. The short hair of the men and the waved tresses of the women were, towards the end of the second century, curled, frizzed with …

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  • 2goats — Hardy animals, well adapted for life in the desert (Lev. 7:23, Deut. 32:14; 1 Sam. 19:13), tended with sheep (but separated for milking and feeding). They provided meat, milk, skins, and hair. Goats were sacrificed, e.g. on the Day of Atonement… …

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  • 3The Men Who Stare at Goats (film) — The Men Who Stare at Goats Directed by Grant Heslov Produced by Paul Lister George …

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  • 4Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair — or The Foundling Prince is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor . [Julia Collier Harris, Rea Ipcar, The Foundling Prince Other Tales: Translated from the Roumanian of Petre Ispirescu , p 65, Houghton …

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  • 5specialty hair fibre — ▪ textiles       any of the textile fibres obtained from certain animals of the goat and camel families, rarer than the more commonly used fibres and valued for such desirable properties as fine diameter, natural lustre, and ability to impart… …

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  • 6de|hair — «dee HAIR», transitive verb. to remove the hair from (an animal or its hide or skin): »They sent the qiviut through the special machinery they have designed for dehairing Cashmere [goats], and found that it works perfectly (Atlantic) …

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  • 7camel's-hair shawl — Cashmere Cash mere, n. 1. A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Tibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for… …

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  • 8beard hair — noun : coarse medullated hair of many mammals that grows through and partly covers shorter wool or down (as in goats or seals) : kemp, guard hair …

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  • 9Selected breeds of goats — ▪ Table Selected breeds of goats name use distribution characteristics comments Angora (Angora goat) wool originally Turkey, now also South Africa, U.S. small body; thick, flat fleece thrives in temperate regions Boer meat originally South Africa …

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  • 10Plasterwork — refers to construction or ornamentation done with plaster, such as a layer of plaster on an interior wall or plaster decorative moldings on ceilings or walls. This is also sometimes called pargeting. The process of creating plasterwork, called… …

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