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  2. Gauze - Wikipedia

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    Gauze veil Tutu Gauze swab Gauze balls. Gauze is a thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave.In technical terms, "gauze" is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each warp yarn, keeping the weft firmly in place. [1]

  3. File:Phrases and names, their origins and meanings (IA ...

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    No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed). Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

  4. Online Etymology Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]

  5. Point de Gaze - Wikipedia

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    Point de Gaze lace handkerchief, 19th century Flanders. Point de Gaze is a type of needlepoint lace that originated in the area of Brussels, Belgium. It was constructed from the middle of the 19th century until approximately the start of World War I in 1914 [5]: 149 or until the 1930s. [4]

  6. New Oxford American Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    New Oxford American Dictionary, First Edition, Elizabeth J. Jewell and Frank R. Abate (editors), 2192 pages, September 2001, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-511227-X. New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Erin McKean (editor), 2096 pages, May 2005, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-517077-6.

  7. Indo-European Etymological Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The IEED project was supervised by Alexander Lubotsky. [2] It aimed to accomplish the following goals: to compile etymological databases for the individual branches of Indo-European, containing all the words that can be traced back to Proto-Indo-European, and print them in Brill's Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary series,

  8. Oxford English Dictionary - en.wikipedia.org

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    The dictionary, which published its first edition in 1884, traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and academic researchers, and provides ongoing descriptions of English language usage in its variations around the world. [2]

  9. Crêpe (textile) - Wikipedia

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    Courtaulds monopolised the export market for English crapes and crêpes, meaning that the textiles known as "crape anglaise" were almost always manufactured by Courtaulds up until 1940. [3] Crêpe Algerian A trade name for a printed pongee with a rough crêpe texture. [19] Crêpe anglaise A French term for English mourning crapes in black and ...