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  • 21Samite — was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill type weave, often including gold or silver thread. The word was derived from Old French samit , from medieval Latin samitum, examitum deriving from the Byzantine Greek… …

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  • 22Covering — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Covering >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 covering covering cover Sgm: N 1 baldachin baldachin baldachino baldaquin Sgm: N 1 canopy canopy tilt awning tent marquee tente d abr …

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  • 23Mamluk — For other uses, see Mamluk (disambiguation). An Egyptian Mamluk in full armor and armed with lance, shield, sabre and pistols. A Mamluk (Turkish: Memlük, also called Kölemen; Arabic: مملوك (singular), مماليك mamālīk (plural), owned ; also… …

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  • 24Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum — View of the Meigle museum including the backs of Meigle 4 at left and Meigle 2 at right, with one side of Meigle 26 in the foreground.[1] The Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum is a permanent exhibition of 27 carved Pictish stones in the centre of… …

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  • 26Ephippium — E*phip pi*um, n. [L., saddle cloth, fr. Gr. ?; epi on + i ppos horse.] 1. (Anat.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) A saddle shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of… …

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  • 27Tongala, Victoria — Infobox Australian Place | type = town name = Tongala state = vic caption = Main street lga = Shire of Campaspe postcode = 3621 est = pop = 1623 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26787 | name = Tongala (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007 10 01 |… …

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  • 28On Horsemanship (Xenophon) — On Horsemanship (Ἱππαρχικὸς ἢ περὶ ἱππικῆς) written c. 350 BC by Xenophon is one of the earliest extant treatises on horsemanship in the Western world (the oldest is the one written by Kikkuli of the Indo Aryan Mitanni Kingdom). In it, Xenophon… …

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  • 29Nepenthes ephippiata — Nepenthes ephippiata. Cultivated plant. Conservation status …

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  • 30Hippeis — is also an incorrect spelling for Hippies Hippeis was the Greek term for cavalry. The Hippeus (Greek polytonic|ἱππεύς) was the second highest of the four Athenian social classes, made of men who could afford to maintain a war horse in the service …

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