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  2. Constrictor knot - Wikipedia

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    Make a turn around the object and bring the working end back over the standing part. Continue around behind the object. Pass the working end over the standing part and then under the riding turn and standing part, forming an overhand knot under a riding turn. Be sure the ends emerge between the two turns as shown. Pull firmly on the ends to ...

  3. Form-fitting garment - Wikipedia

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    A form-fitting Halloween costume. A form-fitting garment is an article of clothing that tightly follows the contours of the part of the body being covered. A feature of Modern Western societies is the popularity of form-fitting clothing worn by women, compared to equivalent male garments.

  4. Tightrope walking - Wikipedia

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    Tightrope walking, Armenian manuscript, 1688. Tightwire is the skill of maintaining balance while walking along a tensioned wire between two points. It can be done either using a balancing tool (umbrella, fan, balance pole, etc.) or "freehand", using only one's body to maintain balance.

  5. Balaclava (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    Different ways of wearing a balaclava A woman modeling a knitted balaclava. A balaclava is a form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face, usually the eyes and mouth.

  6. Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul - Wikipedia

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    Until late August 2010, the working title for the game “Capes, Cowls and Villains Foul” was still “Omlevex.” The reason for that was that Cynthia Celeste Miller had originally intended her company's new superhero rulebook to feature the characters and campaign world from her own creation, the Omlevex universe, which had previously been published in 2004 as a setting supplement with ...

  7. Mechanical counterpressure suit - Wikipedia

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    The largest difficulty was donning and removing the suit. In order to effectively provide the minimum pressure of 0.3 bars (4.4 psi) necessary for human physiology, the suit had to be extremely tight-fitting, making donning and doffing a highly strenuous task. In 1971, Webb, along with James F. Annis, published their findings in a report. [7]

  8. Triplane - Wikipedia

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    A British Roe III Triplane in the United States in September 1910 with its designer, Alliot Verdon Roe, in the cockpit. Bousson-Borgnis canard triplane. The first heavier-than-air machine to carry a human on a free, untethered flight was a triplane glider constructed by George Cayley and flown in 1848.

  9. Ulnar claw - Wikipedia

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    A hand imitating an ulnar claw. The metacarpophalangeal joints of the 4th and 5th fingers are extended and the Interphalangeal joints of the same fingers are flexed.. An ulnar claw, also known as claw hand or Spinster’s Claw, is a deformity or an abnormal attitude of the hand that develops due to ulnar nerve damage causing paralysis of the lumbricals.