Dried+reed

  • 1Reed — /reed/, n. 1. Sir Carol, 1906 76, British film director. 2. Ishmael (Scott), born 1938, U.S. novelist and poet. 3. John, 1887 1920, U.S. journalist and poet. 4. Stanley Forman /fawr meuhn/, 1884 1980, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S.… …

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  • 2reed — reedlike, adj. /reed/, n. 1. the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places. 2. any of the plants themselves. 3. such stalks or plants collectively. 4. anything made from such …

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  • 3Reed mat (craft) — Reed mats are handmade mats of plaited reed, made throughout most of Thailand.The mats are produced by plaiting reeds, strips of palm leaf, or some other easily available local plant. The supple mats made by this process of weaving without a loom …

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  • 4Reed Sea — The Reed Sea (or Sea of Seaweed, Sea of Reeds) is a proposed translation of the biblical phrase Yam Suph (Hebrew Name 1| יַם סוּף ), a phrase traditionally understood to refer to the Red Sea. In particular, Reed Sea has been suggested as a… …

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  • 5Fran Reed — Infobox Person name = Fran Reed caption = birth date = June 12, 1943 birth place = La Jolla, California death date = September 11, 2008 death place = Anchorage, Alaska other names = known for = occupation = Artist, fiber artist, teacher… …

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  • 6John Reed (journalist) — Infobox Person name = John Reed image size = 160px caption = John Reed, American journalist birth date = birth date|1887|10|22|mf=y birth place = Portland, Oregon, U.S. death date = death date and age |1920|10|19|1887|10|22 death place = Moscow,… …

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  • 7Quadruple reed — A quadruple reed is a type of reed by means of which the sound is originated in various wind instruments. The term quadruple reed comes from the fact that there are four pieces of dried palm leaf vibrating against each other, in pairs. The… …

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  • 8Paper reed — Paper Pa per (p[=a] p[ e]r), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. pa pyros. Cf. {Papyrus}.] 1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be… …

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  • 9Qalam — A qalam ( ar. قلم) is a type of pen made from a dried reed, used for Arabic calligraphy. The word derives from the Greek word κάλαμος, meaning reed. In modern Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Kurdish, the word simply means pen or pencil . It is also… …

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  • 10Islamic calligraphy — 18th century writing in Ottoman calligraphy. Depicts the phrase In the name of God, Most Merciful, Most Gracious Islamic calligraphy, colloquially known as Perso Arabic calligraphy, is the artistic practice of handwriting, or calligraphy, and by… …

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