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  • 11crop — [kräp] n. [ME croppe < OE croppa, a cluster, flower, crop of bird, hence kidney, pebble; akin to Frank * kruppa, Ger kropf, a swelling, crop of bird (basic sense “something swelling out or swollen”) < IE * gr eu b , curving out < base *… …

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  • 12Portugal — /pawr cheuh geuhl, pohr /; Port. /pawrdd too gahl /, n. a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 9,867,654; 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Cap.: Lisbon. * * * Portugal… …

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  • 13History of fashion design — The first fashion designer who was not merely a dressmaker was (Charles Frederick Worth) (1826–1895). Before the former draper set up his maison couture fashion house in Paris, fashion creation and inspiration was handled by largely unknown… …

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  • 14flare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. blaze [up], burst into flame; shine, glow; spread out, swell, splay. n. torch, flambeau, signal [light]; curvature, swelling; out burst. See light, expansion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. glare, brief… …

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  • 15Cyma — Cy ma (s[imac] m[.a]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma See {Cyme}] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A cyme. See {Cyme}. [1913 Webster] {Cyma recta}, or {Cyma},… …

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  • 16Cyma — Cy ma (s[imac] m[.a]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma See {Cyme}] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A cyme. See {Cyme}. [1913 Webster] {Cyma recta}, or {Cyma},… …

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  • 17Cyma Ogee — Cyma Cy ma (s[imac] m[.a]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma See {Cyme}] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A cyme. See {Cyme}. [1913 Webster] {Cyma recta}, or… …

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  • 18Cyma recta — Cyma Cy ma (s[imac] m[.a]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma See {Cyme}] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A cyme. See {Cyme}. [1913 Webster] {Cyma recta}, or… …

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  • 19Cyma reversa — Cyma Cy ma (s[imac] m[.a]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma See {Cyme}] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A cyme. See {Cyme}. [1913 Webster] {Cyma recta}, or… …

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  • 20projection — noun Date: 1557 1. a. a systematic presentation of intersecting coordinate lines on a flat surface upon which features from a curved surface (as of the earth or the celestial sphere) may be mapped < an equal area map projection > b. the process&#8230; …

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