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• dam|ask — «DAM uhsk», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. a firm, shiny, reversible linen, silk, or cotton fabric with woven designs: »hangings of damask. 2. a linen material of this type used especially for tablecloths and napkins: »Spotless damask covered the… …   Useful english dictionary

• dress — /dres/, n., adj., v., dressed or drest, dressing. n. 1. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 2. clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 3. formal attire. 4. a particular… …   Universalium

• arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …   Universalium

• Petrarch's and Shakespeare's Sonnets — The sonnet is a fourteen line poem finding its origins in Italy around 1235 AD. While the early sonneteers experimented with patterns, Francesco Petrarch began to solidify sonnet structure. The Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet consists of an octave …   Wikipedia

• Sonnet 130 — Sonnet|130 My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask d, red and white, But no such …   Wikipedia

• rose — rose1 roseless, adj. roselike, adj. /rohz/, n., adj., v., rosed, rosing. n. 1. any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly stemmed, pinnate leaved, showy flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa. Cf. rose family. 2. any of various related or similar… …   Universalium

• volta — /vohl teuh, vol /; It. /vawl tah/, n., pl. volte / tay/; It. / te/. Music. turn; time (used in phrases): una volta ( once ); prima volta ( first time ). [1635 45; < It: a turn; see VOLT2] * * * (as used in expressions) Upper Volta Volta River… …   Universalium

• Volta — /vohl teuh/ or, It. /vawl tah/ for 1; /vol teuh, vohl / for 2, n. 1. Count Alessandro /ah les sahn drddaw/, 1745 1827, Italian physicist. 2. a river in W Africa, in Ghana, formed by the confluence of the Black Volta and the White Volta and… …   Universalium