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Nankeen also refers to: Trousers made of nankeen (singular or plural). Pale yellow or buff; the color of nankeen. Bobbin lace made from unbleached silk (usually in plural form nankins). Kind of usually blue and white porcelain of Chinese style, originally exported to Europe from Nanjing and later copied by European potters. Of the colour of ...
Printer's Devilry. A Printer's Devilry is a form of cryptic crossword puzzle, first invented by Afrit ( Alistair Ferguson Ritchie) in 1937. A Printer's Devilry puzzle does not follow the standard Ximenean rules of crossword setting, since the clues do not define the answers. [ 1] Instead, each clue consists of a sentence from which a string of ...
Cheesecloth is a loosewoven cotton cloth, such as is used in pressing cheese curds. chiffon Chiffon is a sheer fabric made of silk or rayon. chino cloth Chino cloth is a kind of twill fabric, usually made primarily from cotton. chintz Chintz is calico cloth printed with flowers and other devices in different colors. It was originally of Eastern ...
Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, leather, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of cloth. sewing circle.
Calico (/ ˈkælɪkoʊ /; in British usage since 1505) [1] is a heavy [2] plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is far coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than canvas or denim.
Kente refers to a Ghanaian textile made of hand-woven strips of silk and cotton. [1] Historically the fabric was worn in a toga -like fashion by royalty among the Ashanti and Akan. According to Ashanti oral tradition, it originated from Bonwire in the Ashanti region of Ghana. In modern day Ghana, the wearing of kente cloth has become widespread ...
William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, [1] writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.