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411100-1200 in fashion — Costume during the twelfth century in Europe was simple and differed only in details from the clothing of the preceding centuries. Men wore knee length tunics for most activities, and men of the upper classes wore long tunics, with hose and… …
42Mess dress — Three Canadian officers in shawl or rolled collar jacket and waistcoat style mess dress or mess kit. Miniature medals and other accoutrements are also worn. Mess dress is the military term for the formal evening dress worn in the mess or at other …
43Cochin (chicken) — A Blue Cochin hen The Cochin or Cochin China, originally known as the Chinese Shanghai, is a breed of chicken. The name Cochin came from the original Chinese name 九斤黄(in pinyin: jiujin huang, pronounced jil jin hwaang), meaning nine jin yellow,… …
44Characters of the Parasite Eve series — This article details fictional characters of the Parasite Eve series of video games. Main charactersAya Brea Aya Brea was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1972. She is of mixed ethnicity: her father (name unrevealed), who is a journalist, was… …
45Fictional history of Wolverine — The fictional history of Wolverine.OriginSet in 19th century Alberta, Canada, James Howlett, the second son of John Howlett, Jr. and Elizabeth Howlett, is born and is a sick and frail boy in contrast to the quickly healing Wolverine. His parents… …
46lace — lacelike, adj. lacer, n. /lays/, n., v., laced, lacing. n. 1. a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine. 2. a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges. 3. ornamental cord… …
47percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to …
48List of Parasite Eve characters — This article details fictional characters of the Parasite Eve series of video games. Contents 1 Main characters 1.1 Aya Brea 1.2 Eve 1.2.1 Maya Brea/Melissa Pearce/Second Eve …
49Spoon busk — The spoon busk was a specialised kind of busk the rigid element of a corset placed at the centre front. As its name implies, it was shaped like a spoon, with the bottom part of the busk widening and taking a dished form. It was invented in 1879… …
50baseball — /bays bawl /, n. 1. a game of ball between two nine player teams played usually for nine innings on a field that has as a focal point a diamond shaped infield with a home plate and three other bases, 90 ft. (27 m) apart, forming a circuit that… …
