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felt
felt fabric made by matting or felting together wool , hair, or fur, most of which have a natural tendency to snarl or cling together owing to their notched or scaly surfaces. Processes of manufacture vary according to fibers used and purpose intended. Woven felt is first made into coarse cloth,... Read more |
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Marker
Marker Background Markers, or felt-tip pens, serve a variety of functions. Children use them to make bright, colorful drawings. The stereotypical teacher uses a glaring, unmistakable red felt-tip to grade papers. Retail employees, roadside vendors, performers, and protestors... Read more |
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Blind Harry
Blind Harry or Henry the Minstrel, fl. late 15th cent., supposed Scottish poet. He is considered the author of the patriotic epic, The Wallace, which celebrates the life of Sir William Wallace. Violently anti-English, the poem was popular in Scotland down to the 18th cent. Since the skillful... Read more |
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Evelyn Glennie
Evelyn Glennie Percussionist Percussion “Felt Right |
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shellac
shellac solution of lac in alcohol or acetone. In commerce the name is applied to the resinous substance (lac) itself rather than to the solution. It ranges in color from orange to light yellow depending upon the extent to which it has been purified; the darker shellacs are the less pure. When... Read more |
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Breast biopsy
Breast biopsy Definition A breast biopsy is the removal of breast tissue for examination by a pathologist. This can be accomplished surgically or by extracting, or withdrawing, tissue through a needle. Purpose A biopsy is recommended when a significant abnormality is found by... Read more |
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David McKendree Key
David McKendree Key 1824-1900, American politician and jurist, b. Greene co., Tenn. He practiced law in Chattanooga, Tenn., from 1853 to 1870, except during the Civil War, when he was an officer in the Confederate army. He served in the U.S. Senate (1875-77) to complete Andrew Johnson's term. In... Read more |
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guilt
guilt in psychology, a term denoting an unpleasant feeling associated with unfulfilled wishes. Sigmund Freud initially contended that sexual drives produce sense of guilt in the superego, the moral conscience of the mind. He later maintained, however, that guilt was associated with aggressive... Read more |
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Ludwig von Benedek
Ludwig von Benedek , 1804-81, Austrian general. Entering the army in 1822, he served in the suppression of the Polish insurrection of 1846, in the Austrian campaigns of 1848-49 in Italy and Hungary, and in the Italian War of 1859. In the Austro-Prussian War (1866), he reluctantly accepted, under... Read more |
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Ebenezer Erskine
Erskine, Ebenezer (1680–1754), leader of the most important 18th-cent. secession from the Church of Scotland. Minister at Portmoak from 1703 and at Stirling from 1731, he was a notable preacher. A sermon which he preached in 1732 upholding the rights of ordinary Church members in ministerial... Read more |
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