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• plaits — pleɪt /plæt n. fold; wrinkle, crease; ruffle, pleat (on clothing); braid v. fold, pleat, roll up; crease, wrinkle; make folds, make pleats; weave, braid …   English contemporary dictionary

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• Polish plait — ( Plica polonica in Latin) is a formation of hair. It can be viewed as a hairstyle similar to dreadlocks or a hair disease.As a diseaseThe Polish plait usually results from deficient hair care. Uncombed hair becomes irreversibly entangled,… …   Wikipedia

• Straw plaiting — is a method of manufacturing textiles by braiding straw and the industry that surrounds the craft of producing these straw manufactures. Straw is plaited to produce products including hats and ornaments, and the process is undertaken in a number… …   Wikipedia

• Fayum mummy portraits — Mummy portraits or Fayum mummy portraits (also Faiyum mummy portraits) is the modern term for a type of realistic painted portraits on wooden boards attached to mummies from Roman Egypt. They belong to the tradition of panel painting, one of the… …   Wikipedia

• Dakshinavarti Shankh — A Shaligram Shila decorated for worship with tulsi and a rare Dakshinavarti Shankh Dakshinavarti Shankh, Valampuri Sangu [in Tamil] or Sri Lakshmi Shankh, is a sacred Hindu object otherwise known in English as a conch shell. This is the shell of… …   Wikipedia

• Mane (horse) — Horse with long mane. The mane runs from the poll to the withers. The mane is the hair that grows from the top of the neck of a horse or other equine, reaching from the poll to the withers, and includes the forelock or foretop. It is thicker and… …   Wikipedia

• Plait (gastropod) — A plait is a feature which is present in some snail shells. This feature occurs often in the shells of marine gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Neogastropoda, but it is also found in some pulmonate land snails.Plaits are folds on the columella …   Wikipedia

• Stockwhip — For general information on all whips see the Whip article.A Stockwhip is a long tapered flexible length of plaited (braided) leather) with a stiff handle that is used when mustering cattle. Origin and uses of the stockwhip The Australian… …   Wikipedia

• Wimple — Wim ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wimpling}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink. She sat ywympled well. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wimpled — Wimple Wim ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wimpling}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink. She sat ywympled well. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] This wimpled, whining, purblind,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English