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  • 21vulgarity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bad taste Nouns 1. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism; offense, bad taste; inelegance, indelicacy; gaucherie, ill breeding, discourtesy, incivility; coarseness, indecorum, boorishness; rowdyism,… …

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  • 22coarse — adjective (coarser; coarsest) Etymology: Middle English cors, perhaps from course, noun Date: 14th century 1. of ordinary or inferior quality or value ; common 2. a …

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  • 23common — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English commun, from Anglo French, from Latin communis more at mean Date: 13th century 1. a. of or relating to a community at large ; public < work for the common good > b. known to the community < …

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  • 24John Skelton — John Skelton, also known as John Shelton (c. 1460 ndash; June 21, 1529), English poet, was born at Diss in Norfolk. EducationHe is said to have been educated at Oxford. He certainly studied at Cambridge, and he is probably the one Scheklton&#8230; …

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  • 25Units of textile measurement — Textile is measured in various units, such as: the denier and tex (linear mass density of fibres), super S (fineness of wool fiber), worst count, and yield (the inverse of denier and tex). Yarn is spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing …

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  • 26coarse — coarsely, adv. coarseness, n. /kawrs, kohrs/, adj., coarser, coarsest. 1. composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand. 2. lacking in fineness or delicacy of texture, structure, etc.: The stiff, coarse fabric&#8230; …

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  • 27file — file1 fileable, adj. filer, n. /fuyl/, n., v., filed, filing. n. 1. a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference. 2. a collection of papers, records, etc.,&#8230; …

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  • 28filé — /fi lay , fee lay/, n. New Orleans Cookery. a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes. Also called filé powder. [1800 10, Amer.; < LaF; lit.,&#8230; …

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  • 29gravel — gravelish, adj. /grav euhl/, n., v., graveled, graveling or (esp. Brit.) gravelled, gravelling, adj. n. 1. small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand. 2. Pathol. a. multiple small calculi formed in the kidneys. b. the disease&#8230; …

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  • 30Brouwer, Adriaen — born 1605/06, Oudenaarde, Flanders died January 1638, Antwerp Flemish painter. After studying with Frans Hals in Haarlem с 1623, he returned to Flanders and by 1631 had settled in Antwerp. His pictures, mostly small and painted on panels,&#8230; …

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