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  2. Fuller's earth - Wikipedia

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    The English name reflects the historical use of the material for fulling (cleaning and shrinking) wool, by textile workers known as fullers. [1] [2] [3] In past centuries, fullers kneaded fuller's earth and water into woollen cloth to absorb lanolin, oils, and other greasy impurities as part of the cloth finishing process.

  3. Plywood - Wikipedia

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    Flexible plywood is designed for making curved parts, a practice which dates back to the 1850s in furniture making. [ citation needed ] At 3 ⁄ 8 inch (9.5 mm) thick, mahogany three-ply "wiggle board" or "bendy board" come in 4 by 8 feet (1.2 m × 2.4 m) sheets with a very thin cross-grain central ply and two thicker exterior plies, either ...

  4. Wikipedia:Requested articles/Arts and entertainment

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    The origins of the company date back to the late 1980s where Wiggins and Yashon founded popular collectibles companies. Harmonyball [ 42 ] and Harmony Kingdom [ 43 ] . They have supported many artists and designers in the field of industrial design such as Harry Allen , Tobi Wong , Jonas Damon, and Susan Kare .

  5. David Bamber - Wikipedia

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    David James Bamber (born 19 September 1954) is an English actor. His credits include Privates on Parade (1983), Juliet Bravo (1983), Crown Court (1984), Call Me Mister (1986), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Chalk (1997), Mile High (2004), Beethoven (2005), Rome (2005-2007), Valkyrie (2008), Psychoville (2009-2011), The Borgias (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012), What ...

  6. Barbecue - Wikipedia

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    While the standard modern English spelling of the word is barbecue, variations including barbeque and truncations such as bar-b-q or BBQ may also be found. [15] The spelling barbeque is given in Merriam-Webster as a variant, whereas the Oxford Dictionaries explain that it is a misspelling which is not accepted in standard English and is best ...