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81Swift (textiles) — For other uses, see Swift (disambiguation) A swift is a tool used to hold a skein of yarn while it is being wound off. Swift. The Oxford English Dictionary . 2nd ed. 1989.] It has an adjustable diameter so that it can hold skeins of many sizes,… …
82Niddy noddy — with a removable crossbar. A niddy noddy (plural niddy noddies [1]) is a tool used to make skeins from yarn. It consists of a central bar, with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°. The central bar is generally carved to make it… …
83Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …
84literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
85August Strindberg — Strindberg redirects here. For other uses, see Strindberg (disambiguation). August Strindberg Born Johan August Strindberg 22 January 1849(1849 01 22) Stockholm, Sweden Died …
86Hisarlik — (Turkish: Hisarlık , Place of Fortresses ), is the modern name for the site of ancient Troy, also known as Ilion, and is located in what is now Turkey (historically Anatolia). The unoccupied archaeological site lies approximately 6.5 km from the… …
87Caesar Litton Falkiner — Memorial to Falkiner in St Patrick s Cathedral, Dublin Caesar Litton Falkiner (26 September 1863 – 5 August 1908) was an Irish Unionist Party politician, barrister and a writer on literary and historical topics. Falkiner was the second son of Sir …
88jungle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wilderness, bush. See vegetable, difficulty, abode. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rain forest, tropical rain forest, bush, wilderness, undergrowth, primeval forest, wood, boscage, trackless waste; see also… …
