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  • 31interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …

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  • 32Academic dress of the University of London — describes the robes, gowns and hoods which are prescribed by the university for its graduates and undergraduates. The University of London received its royal charter in 1836 and by 1844 a rudimentary code for academic dress had been established.… …

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  • 33Venerable Order of Saint John — This article is about the order after its revival in the 19th century. For the original Order of St. John, see Knights Hospitaller. Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem Insignia of a Member of the Order of St John …

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  • 34tabby — 1. noun /ˈtæb.i/ a) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. b) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions,… …

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  • 35moire — (n.) watered silk, 1650s, from Fr. moire (17c.); see MOHAIR (Cf. mohair). As an adjective, moiré having the appearance of watered silk, it is attested from 1823 …

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  • 36moiré or moire or moir —    a white moire fabricFabric, especially silk, rayon, linen, or another material with a wavy or rippled pattern or texture impressed into its surface by engraved rollers. a red moire fabricOriginally moiré was a mohair fabric with this lustrous… …

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  • 37moire — [mwär, môr] n. [Fr, watered silk < MOHAIR] a fabric, esp. silk, rayon, or acetate, having a watered, or wavy, pattern …

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  • 38Cope — This article is about religious garments. For other uses, see Cope (disambiguation). Pluviale redirects here. For a period of abundant rainfall, see pluvial. Finely embroidered cope, Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, 15th century. Note the shield… …

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  • 39tabby — [tab′ē] n. pl. tabbies [Fr tabis, earlier atabis < ML attabi < Ar al ʼattābīya < ʿ attābī, the quarter of Baghdad where it was manufactured: after a prince ʼ Attāb, of the Omayyad dynasty] 1. a silk taffeta with stripes or wavy markings; …

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  • 40tabby — I. n. 1. Watered silk. 2. Brindled cat, tabby cat. 3. Gossip, tale bearer, news monger, tattler, chatterer. II. v. a. Water, sprinkle and calender. III. a. 1. Of a waved or watered appearance. 2 …

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