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11Exchequer bonds — Exchequer Ex*cheq uer, n. [OE. escheker, OF. eichekier, fr. LL. scaccarium. See {Checker}, {Chess}, {Check}.] 1. One of the superior courts of law; so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table. [Eng.] [1913… …
12History of computing hardware — Computing hardware is a platform for information processing (block diagram) The history of computing hardware is the record of the ongoing effort to make computer hardware faster, cheaper, and capable of storing more data. Computing hardware… …
13Table (information) — Tabular redirects here. For the typewriter key, see tab key. For sortable tables in Wikipedia, see Help:Sorting An example table rendered in a web browser using HTML. A table is a means of arranging data in rows an …
14Ruth Martin (television character) — Not to be confused with Ruth Martin (Neighbours) Infobox character name = Ruth Martin caption = June Lockhart as Ruth Martin first = Transition (1957) last = The New Lassie cause = Cancellation of character ( Lassie ) • Guest shot ( The New… …
15Daasanach people — The Daasanach are an ethnic group of Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan. Their main homeland is in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People s Region of Ethiopia, around the North end of Lake Turkana. According to the 2007… …
16Mechanical calculator — An old Russian mechanical calculator. A mechanical calculator is a device used to perform the basic operations of arithmetic. Mechanical calculators are comparable in size to small desktop computers and have been rendered obsolete by the advent… …
17Exchequer — Departamento del gobierno inglés encargado de recibir y distribuir las rentas públicas. Fue instaurado por Enrique I en el s. XII, y su nombre hace referencia al tapiz cuadriculado (checkered cloth) sobre el cual se efectuaba el cálculo de las… …
18check — I. n. 1. Restraint, curb, bridle, hindrance, stop, obstacle, impediment, obstruction, bar, barrier, damper, interference, rebuff, repression, control. 2. Counter, register, corresponding indenture, corresponding cipher. 3. Mark, symbol, sign. 4.… …
191300-1400 in fashion — Fashion in fourteenth century Europe was marked by the beginning of a period of experimentation with different forms of clothing. Costume historian James Laver suggests that the mid 14th century marks the emergence of recognizable fashion in… …
20Keffiyeh — Yasser Arafat wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh The keffiyeh/kufiya (Arabic: كوفية, kūfiyyah, plural كوفيات …
