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  • 1textile — /teks tuyl, til/, n. 1. any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. 2. a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving: Glass can be used as a textile. adj. 3. woven or capable of being woven: textile fabrics. 4 …

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  • 2Soft-paste porcelain — url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/38638 popup.html title= Porcelain plate work=Ceramics accessdate= 2007 12 06] Victoria and Albert Museum, London] Soft paste porcelain is a type of a ceramic material, but it lacks a more specific,… …

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  • 3Art, Antiques, and Collections — ▪ 2003 Introduction       In 2002 major exhibitions such as Documenta 11 reflected the diverse nature of contemporary art: artists from a variety of cultures received widespread recognition for work ranging from installation to video to painting …

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  • 4painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …

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  • 5smoothness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Evenness of surface Nouns 1. smoothness, polish, gloss, glaze, sheen; slickness, slipperiness; blandness; evenness. See texture, friction. 2. (evenness) level, velvet, silk, satin; glass, ice; flatness.… …

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  • 6Surface finishing — is a broad range of industrial processes that alter the surface of a manufactured item to achieve a certain property.[1] Finishing processes may be employed to: improve appearance, adhesion or wettability, solderability, corrosion resistance,… …

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  • 7Culture of the Song Dynasty — A Song Dynasty Chinese inkstone with gold and silver markings, from the Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan The Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD) was a culturally rich and sophisticated age for China. There was blossomi …

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  • 8gloss — gloss1 glossless, adj. /glos, glaws/, n. 1. a superficial luster or shine; glaze: the gloss of satin. 2. a false or deceptively good appearance. 3. Also, glosser. a cosmetic that adds sheen or luster, esp. one for the lips. v.t. 4. to put a gloss …

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  • 9luster — luster1 lusterless, adj. /lus teuhr/, n. 1. the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin. 2. a substance, as a coating or polish, used to impart sheen or gloss. 3. radiant or luminous …

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  • 10clay — Synonyms and related words: Adam, Hominidae, Homo sapiens, Missouri meerschaum, acres, alluvion, alluvium, anatomy, arable land, ashes, blubber, body, bones, breeze, briar, briar pipe, butter, cadaver, calean, calumet, carcass, carrion, china,… …

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