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  2. Fletching - Wikipedia

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    Fletching is the fin-shaped aerodynamic stabilization device attached on arrows, bolts, darts, or javelins, and are typically made from light semi-flexible materials such as feathers or bark. Each piece of such fin is a fletch, also known as a flight [1] or feather. A fletcher is a person who

  3. Ceinture fléchée - Wikipedia

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    A fingerbraiding modern arrow sash handmade in 2007 (with details of the patterns) A machine-woven modern arrow sash The ceinture fléchée [sɛ̃tyʁ fleʃe] (French, 'arrowed sash') or ('arrow sash') is a type of colourful sash, a traditional piece of Québécois clothing linked to at least the 17th century (of the Lower Canada, Canada East and early confederation eras).

  4. Parfleche - Wikipedia

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    A parfleche is a type of wallet or bag made from rawhide. Historically made by Plateau, Great Basin, and Plains women, they are usually decorated with brightly colored geometrical designs. [1] A parfleche is a Native American rawhide container that is embellished by painting, incising, or both.

  5. List of fictitious people - Wikipedia

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    Hugo N. Frye, a fictional figure, purportedly the founder of the Republican Party in New York State, made up by Cornell University students in 1930 as a prank designed to embarrass several state politicians. Anthony Godby Johnson, (probably) fictitious author of Rock and a Hard Place: One Boy's Triumphant Story.

  6. Fletcher (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Fletcher is an Anglo-Norman surname of French, English, Scottish and Irish origin. The name is a regional and an occupational name for an arrowsmith (a maker and or seller of arrows), derived from the Old French flecher (in turn from Old French fleche "arrow"). [1]

  7. List of kennings - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Odin article links to a list of names of Odin, which include kennings. A few examples of Odin's kennings are given here. A few examples of Odin's kennings are given here. For a scholarly list of kennings see Meissner's Die Kenningar der Skalden (1921) or some editions of Snorri Sturluson 's Skáldskaparmál .

  8. Living a long time isn't just about good genes, a new study ...

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    Second to age, the factor that most influenced mortality risk was “smoking pack years,” meaning the number of packs of cigarettes a person smoked daily, for how many years.

  9. Flèche - Wikipedia

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    Flèche or Fleche may refer to: Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire; Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition;