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91Cue sports — Billiards redirects here. For other uses, see Billiard (disambiguation). Cue sports Engraving from Charles Cotton s 1674 book, The Compleat Gamester Highest governing body World Confederation of Billiard Sports First played 15th …
92Textile — For other uses, see Textile (disambiguation). Fabric redirects here. For other uses, see Fabric (disambiguation). Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of Karachi, Pakistan …
93western Africa, history of — Introduction history of the region from the 11th century to the present. A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …
94Mungo — Mun go, n. A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woolen rags or the remnants of woolen goods, specif. those of felted, milled, or hard spun woolen cloth, as distinguished from {shoddy}, or the deviled product of… …
95Carom billiards — Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards or simply carambole and, in some cases, used as a synonym for the game of straight rail from which many carom games derive, is the overarching title of a family of billiards games generally… …
96Moire (fabric) — Moire ribbons In textiles, a moire (pronounced /ˈmwɑr/ or /ˈmɔr/) (less often, moiré) is a fabric with a wavy (watered) appearance produced mainly from silk, but also wool, cotton and rayon. The watered ap …
97wool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fleece; down, hair; worsted, yarn. adj. woolen; knitted; woolly, hairy, fleecy, downy, fluffy, flocculent. See covering, softness, materials. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fleecy fiber, especially of sheep]… …
98Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …
99Zephyr — eph yr, n. [L. zephyrus, Gr. ?, akin to ? darkness, the dark side, west: cf. F. z[ e]phyr.] The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze. Soft the zephyr blows. Gray. [1913 Webster] As gentle As zephyrs blowing below the violet. Shak.… …
100Zephyr shawl — Zephyr eph yr, n. [L. zephyrus, Gr. ?, akin to ? darkness, the dark side, west: cf. F. z[ e]phyr.] The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze. Soft the zephyr blows. Gray. [1913 Webster] As gentle As zephyrs blowing below the violet.… …
