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Fringe
Fringe Native American tribes of the Plains and elsewhere had long created garments with fringe, which served as a type of gutter that repelled rainwater from the wearer. Fringe was a border or edge of hanging threads, cords, or strips, and was often found on garments made from suede, leather, and... Read more |
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tallit
tallit , in Judaism, four-cornered, fringed shawl worn by males during the morning prayers. It is donned before putting on the phylacteries , except on Yom Kippur when it is worn all through the day (phylacteries are not worn on this day). The tallit is usually made of white wool, cotton, or... Read more |
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Shawl
Shawl For the men and women living in Mesopotamia (the region centered in present-day Iraq near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers) from 3000 to 300 b.c.e., a fringed shawl was a typical garment. Unlike modern-day shawls that are worn over the shoulders and head, the shawls of Mesopotamia were... Read more |
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atoll
atoll, a word derived from the Maldivian word atollon used to describe a ring of coral islets and reefs enclosing a shallow lagoon. They occur exclusively in the tropical seas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Charles Darwin first postulated that atolls form initially on the summits of volcanoes as... Read more |
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baldachin
baldachin (or baldacchino). A canopy over an altar or other hallowed object; it may be portable for use in processions or fixed (either supported on columns or suspended from the ceiling). The most famous baldacchino is Bernini's huge bronze structure (1624–33) in St Peter's, Rome. This... Read more |
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Fringe Benefit
FRINGE BENEFIT Next to wages, fringe benefits are the most important method businesses use to entice workers to accept or stay in jobs. Fringe benefits, also known as "employee benefits," can be provided voluntarily by employers, required by law, or won through collective bargaining negotiations... Read more |
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Sotho
Sotho ETHNONYMS: Basotho, Sutu, Suto, Tswana, Batswana, Betchuana Orientation Identification and Location. The Sotho-Tswana speakers occupy the high plateau of the interior of southern Africa. They are found across a number of different international borders, living in South Africa,... Read more |
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Ketti Frings
Frings, Ketti (1910–81), after writing two novels, Hold Back the Dawn (1940) and God's Front Porch (1944), and a play, Mr. Sycamore (1943), adapted Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel (1957), for which she won a Pulitzer Prize for drama.... Read more |
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