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  2. List of culinary knife cuts - Wikipedia

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    Kushigatagiri; wedge cut or comb cut. Kakugiri; cut into cubes. Sainome-kiri; cut into small cubes. Arare-kiri; cut into small cubes of 5 millimeters in size. Butsugiri; chunk cut, cut into chunks of 3-4 centimeters in size. Usugiri; cut into thin slices. Ran-giri; diagonal cut into pieces of 1/2 inch in size.

  3. Bittereinder - Wikipedia

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    The Bittereinders (Afrikaans: [ˌbətərˈɛindərs]) or irreconcilables were a faction of Boer guerrilla fighters, resisting the forces of the British Empire in the later stages of the Second Boer War (1899–1902). By September 1900, the conventional forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State had been largely defeated by ...

  4. Solanum macrocarpon - Wikipedia

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    Solanum macrocarpon can grow to a height of 1-1.5 m. It has an alternate leaf pattern with the blade width of 4–15 cm and a height of 10–30 cm. The shapes of the leaves are oval and lobed with a wavy margin. Both sides of the leaves are hairy with stellate or simple hairs. Prickles may or may not be present on the leaves depending on the ...

  5. Book size - Wikipedia

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    Traditional book sizes/formats used in English-speaking countries. Based on the 19-by-24-inch or 482.5-by-609.5-millimetre printing paper size, which equals two folio leaves, four quarto leaves, eight octavo leaves, etc. For comparison, common American letter size is shown in green. Books made by printing two pages of text on each side of a ...

  6. Floppy disk variants - Wikipedia

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    A Maxell-branded 3-inch Compact Floppy Disk. The floppy disk is a data storage and transfer medium that was ubiquitous from the mid-1970s well into the 2000s. [1] Besides the 3½-inch and 5¼-inch formats used in IBM PC compatible systems, or the 8-inch format that preceded them, many proprietary floppy disk formats were developed, either using a different disk design or special layout and ...

  7. Bitter (beer) - Wikipedia

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    [5] Best or special bitter Strength between 4.2% and 4.7% abv. In the United Kingdom bitter above 4.2% abv accounted for just 2.9% of pub sales in 2003. [5] The disappearance of weaker bitters from some brewers' rosters means "best" bitter is actually the weakest in the range. Premium or strong bitter Strength of 4.8% abv and over. Golden ale

  8. Parallel-strand lumber - Wikipedia

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    The beams are continuously formed, so the length of the beam is limited only to the maximum length that can be handled and transported. Typical widths are 3 + 12, 5 + 14 or 7 inches (89, 133 or 178 mm); typical depths are 9 + 12, 11 + 7 ⁄ 8, 14, 16 and 18 inches (240, 300, 360, 410 and 460 mm). Typically the beams are made to a ...

  9. British Standard Whitworth - Wikipedia

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    British Standard Whitworth. British Standard Whitworth (BSW) is an imperial-unit -based screw thread standard, devised and specified by Joseph Whitworth in 1841 and later adopted as a British Standard. It was the world's first national screw thread standard, and is the basis for many other standards, such as BSF, BSP, BSCon, and BSCopper.