shroud

  • 41shroud-laid — [shroud′lād′] adj. made of four strands laid together with a right handed twist: said of a rope …

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  • 42shroud|less — «SHROWD lihs», adjective. 1. without a shroud or winding sheet: »Shroudless and tombless they sunk to their rest (Oliver Wendell Holmes). 2. unshrouded; unobscured …

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  • 43Shroud of Turin — • A relic now preserved at Turin, for which the claim is made that it is the actual clean linen cloth in which Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus Christ Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 44shroud-waving — shroud .waving n [U] BrE when people, especially doctors or politicians, publicly criticize the quality of medical care in the British National Health Service, in order to make the government provide more money for it …

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  • 45Shroud of Turin — The Shroud of Turin: modern photo of the face, positive left, negative right. Negative has been contrast enhanced. The Shroud of T …

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  • 46Shroud (disambiguation) — A shroud is a burial cloth. Shroud may also refer to:* Shroud (comics), a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe * Shroud (sailing), a rope that gives support to the masts in sailing ships * Shroud of Turin, an ancient linen cloth… …

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  • 47Shroud (sailing) — Shrouds as they might have looked on a 16th century tall ship. On a sailboat, the shrouds are pieces of standing rigging which hold the mast up from side to side. There is frequently more than one shroud on each side of the boat. Usually a shroud …

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  • 48Shroud knot — Knot details name=Shroud knot caption= names= type= bend strength= origin= related= releasing= uses= joining two ends of rope caveat= less secure than a full splice abok number= The Shroud knot is a multi strand bend knot used to join two ends of …

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  • 49Shroud Loot System (SLS) — SLS or Shroud Loot System was designed as a method of distributing in game items ( loot ) among a group of players in MMORPGs, specifically [http://www.worldofwarcraft.com World of Warcraft] . It was created in 2005 by the guild Shroud . The… …

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  • 50shroud knot — noun : a knot for fastening together a parted ship s shroud * * * shroud knot, Nautical. a knot joining the two parts of a broken or severed shroud …

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