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porcupine
porcupine member of either of two rodent families, characterized by having some of its hairs modified as bristles, spines, or quills. The quills are loosely attached to the porcupines' skin and pull out easily, remaining imbedded in any predator that comes in contact with them. The New World, or... Read more |
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William Wright
De Quille, Dan, pseudonym of William Wright (1829–98), Far Western humorist and historian. Born in Ohio, he went to California and Nevada as a prospector in 1857. Unsuccessful in mining, he drifted into newspaper writing and became city editor (1861) of The Territorial Enterprise of... Read more |
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pen
pen pointed implement used in writing or drawing to apply ink or a similar colored fluid to any surface, such as paper. Various kinds of pens have been used since ancient times. Reeds that were slit or frayed at the end were used in antiquity; similar pens, usually made of bamboo, are commonly... Read more |
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secretary bird
secretary bird common name for a long-legged African bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, related to the hawk and about 4 ft (122 cm) tall. Its crest of black feathers suggested the quill pens behind the ear of a 19th-century male secretary. The bird hunts on foot, zigzagging toward its prey and... Read more |
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lyrebird
lyrebird common name for Australian passerine birds named for the appearance of the tail plumage of the male superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae, when displayed during courtship. There are only two species. The superb lyrebird, about the size of a rooster, is brown above and ash below. It has... Read more |
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harpsichord
harpsichord stringed musical instrument played from a keyboard. Its strings, two or more to a note, are plucked by quills or jacks. The harpsichord originated in the 14th cent. and by the 16th cent. Venice was the center of its manufacture. At that time its prevailing shape was winglike, similar to... Read more |
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Fountain Pen
Fountain Pen Background Humans have used various instruments to convey thoughts and feelings. Man's first writing instrument was his finger, using it to form symbols in the dirt. Later, pieces of metal or bone were used. Ancient Greeks used a stylus to mark on wax-coated... Read more |
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moccasin
moccasin skin shoe worn by indigenous people of North America, excepting the sandal wearers of the Southwest area. There were two general types of moccasins, the hard-soled, which was used in the Eastern woodlands and the Southeast cultural areas, and the soft-soled, used in the Plains area. The... Read more |
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feathers
feathers The body covering of birds, formed as outgrowths of the epidermis and composed of the protein keratin. Feathers provide heat insulation, they give the body its streamlined shape, and those of the wings and tail are important in flight. Basically a feather consists of a quill, which is... Read more |
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QUILL OF THE PEOPLE
...needle-sharp quills of the lowly porcupine. They plucked...Hensler is the way porcupine quills radiate...her to take five porcupines a year. Anyone who's ever pulled porcupine quills from a dog...sides, not ... |
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Hidden Out in the Open: Editing and Reading P.K. Page's The Hidden Room
...Metcalf behind the Porcupine's Quill table at the 1995...of Page and the Porcupine's Quill recalled...said, taut if the Porcupine's Quill is interested...an exclamation point as sole comment...imagining ... |
 "Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME)")
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Beading heart Eloquent American Indian beadwork on exhibit in Bar Harbor
...wampum amulet of his own making, began collecting American...Soctomah of Pleasant Point and Indian Township...Beaded Earrings with Porcupine Quills led by Passamaquoddy...Pins, Loom Beading, Porcupine Quill Applique ... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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Tribal Voices: Umatillas reassert tribal history, culture ; Use of its...
...such as basketry, porcupine-quill weaving and medicine-wheel making. All the while...William Sijo, who is making a permanent record...We'll have drum-making, beading and quill...can learn." The point, tribal ... |
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hed here and here etc.
...dates back to 1668, making it one of America...miles. At Whitefish Point, birds wing across...locks annually, making it one of the world...toe moccasins and porcupine-quill brooch. Two important...nearby Old Mackinac Point ... |
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Givenchy and McQueen Opt for Zen FASHION
...reworked his icy glamour as soft sculptures, making draped dresses that turned on a compass point to trace the body. At its best, the show...beading, dangling crystal stalactites and porcupine quill decoration reinforced the impression of cosmic... |
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Dario Robleto: D'amelio Terras.
...intensive processes that reportedly went into making them. A case in point is Fear and Tenderness in Men / A Color God Never...battlefield dirt, cast bronze teeth, dried rosebuds, porcupine quill, excavated dog tags, rust, velvet, walnut... |
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Dario Robleto
...intensive processes that reportedly went into making them. A case in point is Hear and Tenderness in Men / A Color God Never...battlefield dirt, cast bronze teeth, dried rosebuds, porcupine quill, excavated dog tags, rust, velvet, walnut... |
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Tradition comes to light in a 20th-century space
...seven years in the making, will open the...use of embroidered porcupine quills as a decorative medium. As Bol points out, "It's a...between seeing a porcupine and deciding that you could pluck the quills, cut off the sharp... |
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Justice: Who said it's fair?
...civics is marginal. The point that many doctors have...In such decision-making, the choice is whether...could safely remove porcupine quills from their own dogs...he should leave the porcupine quills to you. [Sidebar... |
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