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tartan
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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tartan a woollen cloth woven in one of several patterns of coloured checks and intersecting lines, especially of a design associated with a particular Scottish clan. (The attribution of particular designs is comparatively modern, dating from around 1800.)
Recorded from the late 15th century, the word may come from Old French
tertaine, denoting a kind of cloth; compare with
tartarin, a rich fabric formerly imported from the east through Tartary.
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Tartan special
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/26/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Brian Wilton, a tartan designer and director...based Scottish Tartans Authority said had...design a fashion tartan," says Wilton...start giving such tartans the name of a country...unusual about a pink tartan, says Wilton...some traditional tartans that have pink in...
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TARTAN INC. PARTNERS WITH ANALOG DEVICES TO DEVELOP COMPILERS FOR SHARC(TM) ADSP-2106X FAMILY OF DSPS
PR Newswire; 5/16/1995; 700+ words
; Tartan Brings Widely Used Compilation Systems to...Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) and Tartan, Inc., a leading provider of highly optimized...DSPs. Under the terms of the agreement, Tartan will develop Ada and C++ compilation systems...
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TARTAN ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE OF ITS POWERFUL C AND C/C++ COMPILATION SYSTEMS FOR EMBEDDED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
PR Newswire; 10/23/1995; 700+ words
; ...PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Tartan, Inc., a leading provider of highly...With the availability of version 2.1, Tartan offers application developers several...includes the latest release of FasTar, Tartan's library of intrinsic math and trigonometric...
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TARTAN ARMY TRUCE
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 8/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...or not it was acceptable to "own" the Tartan Army. It was a skirmish rather than a...seem to have been restored. The phrase "Tartan Army" came into common usage during the...uncontrollable phenomenon, but over the years the Tartan Army was tamed, organised and reinvented...
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TARTAN sundaybriefing
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 3/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...tartans evolved into clan tartans. However, an event...changed our relationship to tartan forever. When the Young...between the specific tartans we are familiar with...regiments used "government tartan" - the Black Watch...adopted new "clan" tartans that embraced their distinctive...
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Tartans traced to West Indian slavery
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 10/10/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...scrambled to find a tartan to represent their clan. Orders for tartans were rushed to manufacturers...possession of the Tartans Society, reveal...have no idea what my tartan is but if you find...wearing of the "tartans and parti-coloured...of Culloden when tartan colours were ...
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Tartan Day : The Significance of the Tartan.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World and I; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...used in individual tartans would be determined...of an individual tartan tended to be dictated...should be noted that Tartan Day is celebrated...outlawed the wearing of tartans. Also, the Scottish...distinctive Balmoral tartan. By the time he...bloodshed connected with tartans. No ...
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TARTAN ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO DELIVER C AND C/C++ COMPILERS FOR THE MOTOROLA DSP56800 PROCESSOR
PR Newswire; 2/26/1996; 700+ words
; ...PITTSBURGH, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Tartan, Inc., a leading provider of highly...point processor. The agreement names Tartan, which as been providing state-of...and servo control. The availability of Tartan's sophisticated C and C/C++ compilers...
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Tartan barmy; fashion HOW TO DO THE HIGHLAND FLING IN STYLE THIS WINTER.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 10/18/2008; 670 words
; ...this autumn and winter. "Tartan has developed from a Highland...Jonathan Faiers, author of Tartan. "It is simultaneously traditional...Matthew Williamson. The new tartans are perfect to give wardrobes...black. TRY River Island green tartan dress, pounds 49.99, Primark...
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Tartans register 'is only a cosmetic exercise'
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/24/2007; ; 597 words
; ...more than that - a register of tartans. Registering a tartan will be optional. There will...present, more than 4,500 tartans are listed on the international tartan index of the Crieff-based Scottish Tartans Authority, but it is felt...
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tartan
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
tartan, or tartane , a small coasting vessel of the...Arabs for use as a cargo-carrying vessel. Tartans were single masted with a lateen mainsail and...vessels known as tartanas; unlike the true tartan they had a flat bottom.
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Tartan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tartan , in the Bible, official title of two Assyrians sent to Hezekiah by Sennacherib and Sargon.
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tartan purry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
tartan purry Scottish; finely chopped cooked kale mixed with oatmeal. The name is probably a corruption of tarte en purée , suggesting it may originally have been served in a pastry case.
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Torii, Yuki
Book article from: Contemporary Fashion
...1986, which mixed rigorously colored tartans and checks for menswear, womenswear...lively, wearable separates; oversize tartan shirts, tartan trousers, and comfortable cardigans for men; long tartan flounced skirts for women, teamed...
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plaid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...usually patterned in checks or tartan figures. Now a distinctive...black-and-white check. A tartan plaid has crossbars of three...Bibliography: See C. Hesketh, Tartans (1961); I. Grimble, Scottish Clans and Tartans (1982).
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