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Arm: Couter or cowter: Plate that guards the elbow. Eventually became articulated. May be covered by guard of vambrace (see below). Spaulder: Bands of plate that cover the shoulder and part of upper arm but not the armpit. Pauldron: 15th: Covers the shoulder (with a dome shaped piece called a shoulder cop), armpit and sometimes the back and ...
On the other hand, his royal portraits, designed to be seen across vast palace rooms, feature more strongly than his other works the bravura handling for which he is famous: "Velázquez's handling of paint is exceptionally free, and as one approaches Las Meninas there is a point at which the figures suddenly dissolve into smears and blobs of ...
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
The signal is performed by holding one hand up with the thumb tucked into the palm, then folding the four other fingers down, symbolically trapping the thumb by the rest of the fingers. It was designed intentionally as a single continuous hand movement, rather than a sign held in one position, so it could be made easily visible.
Bracelet, or armlet, normally in metal and worn in pairs, one for each arm or wrist. Plural Armillae. Apodyterium A dressing room in a bath complex. Arretine ware Ceramics produced in the Tuscan city of Arrezo, Arretine sigillata, a coral red tableware with relief decorations applied by punching.
hand. The cards held by one player ("playing hand") The player holding the cards, as in "Third hand bid 1 ♠." Synonymous with the noun usage of deal. hand card A card held in the hand as opposed to one on the table. hand game or handplay. A type of contract in certain games in which the skat or widow is not used. [64] hard score
A.D. 2024—The United States. Twenty-seven degrees in a Port-A-Jon, the seat freezing my ass. I’m in the dark with a little flashlight. Chemically treated feces and urine splash up onto my anus.
The biceps brachii flex the lower arm. The brachioradialis , in the forearm, and brachialis , located deep to the biceps in the upper arm, are both synergists that aid in this motion. Muscle action that moves the axial skeleton work over a joint with an origin and insertion of the muscle on respective side.