Shreds+of+cloth
61shag — I. /ʃæg / (say shag) noun 1. rough, matted hair, wool, or the like. 2. a mass of this. 3. a cloth, usually woollen, with a nap on one side. 4. a coarse tobacco cut into fine shreds. –adjective 5. of, relating to, or having, a shag pile: shag… …
62tear — 1. v. & n. v. (past tore; past part. torn) 1 tr. (often foll. by up) pull apart or to pieces with some force (tear it in half; tore up the letter). 2 tr. a make a hole or rent in by tearing (have torn my coat). b make (a hole or rent). 3 tr.… …
63BYZANTINE EMPIRE — Jewish communities existed in the Byzantine Empire throughout its history, from the foundation of constantinople in 330 to the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453. The centers of Jewish population and the status of the Jews there underwent… …
