Checkered+cloth

  • 1plaid — 1. adjective Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin. 2. noun a) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered… …

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  • 2plaid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plaidie, tartan, check; kilt, shawl. See variegation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tartan, crossbarred cloth, checkered cloth, Highland plaid, Scotch Highland plaid, kilt, filibeg; see also check 5 , cloth …

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  • 3Plaid — Plaid, n. [Gael. plaide a blanket or plaid, contr. fr. peallaid a sheepskin, fr. peall a skin or hide. CF. {Pillion}.] 1. A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray,… …

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  • 4exchequer — /eks chek euhr, iks chek euhr/, n. 1. a treasury, as of a state or nation. 2. (in Great Britain) a. (often cap.) the governmental department in charge of the public revenues. b. (formerly) an office administering the royal revenues and… …

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  • 5Maasai — Infobox Ethnic group group = Maasai image caption = population = 883,000 region1 = flagcountry|Kenya spaces|8(estimates vary) pop1 = 377,089 or 453,000 ref1 = lower| lower|0.95em| region2 = flagcountry|Tanzania (northern) pop2 = 430,000 ref3 =… …

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  • 6Maasai people — Maasai Maasai warriors jumping Total population approx. 1.5 million Regions with significant populations …

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  • 7Barons of the exchequer — 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… …

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  • 8Chancellor of the exchequer — 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… …

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  • 9Exchequer — 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 Webster] Note:… …

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  • 10Exchequer bills — 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… …

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