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Wear Wear
Wear , river, c.65 mi (100 km) long, rising in the Pennines in County Durham, NE England, and flowing to the North Sea at Sunderland. Navigable for barges to Durham city, the river waters a rich agricultural area. The lower Wear passes through an industrial region.... Read more
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chiffon , plain-weave, lightweight, sheer, transparent fabric made of cotton, silk, or synthetic fiber; it is made of fine, highly twisted, strong yarn. Chiffon is difficult to handle, but it drapes and wears well and is very durable despite its light weight. It is piece-dyed or piece-printed and... Read more
Continental Margin Continental Margin
Continental Margin Theyare the drowned edges of continents. Covered by the oceans, continental margins are part of the same crust (thin, solid outermost layer of Earth) that forms the continents. They are covered in sediments that have been eroded from dry land. (Erosion... Read more
Monkwearmouth Monkwearmouth
Monkwearmouth, at the mouth of the Wear, was founded in 674 by a Northumbrian nobleman, Benedict Biscop. All that now remains above ground of his monastery is the west wall of St Peter's church, begun with the aid of Gallic masons in 675, to which the surviving porch was added before 716. These... Read more
Polyethylene terephthalate Polyethylene terephthalate
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Jan Swart van Groningen Jan Swart van Groningen
Swart van Groningen, Jan (b Groningen, c.1500; d ?Antwerp, c.1560). Netherlandish painter, book illustrator, and designer of stained glass. He worked mainly in Antwerp and Gouda, and also travelled to Italy early in his career. His pictures show that he was familiar with the work of Dürer,... Read more
Beefeaters Beefeaters
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Hymen Hymen
Hymen or Hymenaeus , in Greek mythology, personification of marriage, represented as a beautiful youth carrying a bridal torch and wearing a veil.... Read more
Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear former metropolitan county, NE England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Newcastle upon Tyne conurbation and comprised five metropolitan districts: Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, and Sunderland. Tyne and Wear... Read more
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