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  2. Sharpening stone - Wikipedia

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    The term is based on the word "whet", which means to sharpen a blade, [3] [4] not on the word "wet". The verb nowadays to describe the process of using a sharpening stone for a knife is simply to sharpen, but the older term to whet is still sometimes used, though so rare in this sense that it is no longer mentioned in, for example, the Oxford Living Dictionaries.

  3. Conservation and restoration of woodblock prints - Wikipedia

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    Dry flattening the paper of a print can sometimes remove signs of cockling, creasing, or wrinkling, In this process, the print is laid flat on a surface, and the weight of another object is used to add even pressure across the print.

  4. Conservation and restoration of parchment - Wikipedia

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    The skin is then stretched in suspension on a frame, constricting it as it dries. This ensures even contraction across the entire parchment which ensures that it will remain flat when dried. [6] After being prepared, parchment is sometimes coated so that it is more receptive to pigment and ink.

  5. Rustication (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Two adjacent vermiculated blocks showing rather different interpretations of the pattern. The most common variation of rustication is the smooth-faced, where the external face of the block is smooth, as in ashlar, and differs from that only by the cutting in at the joints; this became increasingly popular, and is now the most commonly seen type.

  6. Help:WordToWiki - Wikipedia

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    Open your document in Word, and "save as" an HTML file. Open the HTML file in a text editor and copy the HTML source code to the clipboard. Paste the HTML source into the large text box labeled "HTML markup:" on the html to wiki page. Click the blue Convert button at the bottom of the page.

  7. Non-printing character in word processors - Wikipedia

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    Non-printing characters or formatting marks are characters for content designing in word processors, which are not displayed at printing. It is also possible to customize their display on the monitor. The most common non-printable characters in word processors are pilcrow, space, non-breaking space, tab character etc. [1] [2]

  8. Toy block - Wikipedia

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    KEVA Planks is a wooden block construction toy. Froebel gifts are a range of educational materials first used in the original Kindergarten. Montessori sensorial materials are a range of educational materials including wooden blocks. Pattern blocks and Cuisenaire rods are sets of small blocks used in mathematics education and also in block play.

  9. Water table (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Brick water table at Reads Landing School in Minnesota. A water table is a projection of lower masonry on the outside of a wall, slightly above the ground, or at the top of a wainscot section of a wall (in this case also known as a sill).