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(Sp. model spelled same [téxas] < Caddo Indian teyshas 'allies or friends' appropriated by the Spanish in the 1540s who mistakenly took it to be a tribal name.)1) A term written in lowercase referring to the canopy of a covered wagon adjusted and reinforced to withstand wet weather.2) Name of the second largest state in the Union, admitted in 1845 (as the twenty-eighth), which is intimately associated with cowboying. As such it is combined to form compounds relating to fauna and flora native to or introduced to Texas. Animals include: Texas cow, Texas cattle or Texas herd, Texas longhorn, Texas pony, Texas armadillo, and Texas fever tick. Some typical plants include: Texas bluebonnet, Texas bluegrass, and Texas (white) oak.Alternate form: Tejas. -
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American cotton grown in the States of Texas and Oklahoma. It is of fair length, strong, but rather hard and dull. -
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(Also Bahama, Drought Proof, Storm Proof). A variety of late maturing Upland cotton with staple about 1-in. and a lint yield of 33 per cent to 35 per cent. It is called " stormproof" because the matured seed cotton does not fall from the bolls as readily as with most varieties. -
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13 Texas Instruments Graphics Adapter
Information technology: TIGA (Texas Instruments)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Texas Instruments Graphics Adapter
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(TIGA) < edv> ■ Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture (TIGA)German-english technical dictionary > Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
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16 Texas brag
Referring to the staunch belief that things are bigger and better in Texas and that anything of any worth was invented or discovered there. -
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The fandango Texas-style. -
18 Texas fever
1) According to Watts, "splenic fever in cattle."2) The almost uncontrollable urge to relocate to or visit Texas. See also Spanish— Spanish fever. -
19 Texas Rangers
First organized in 1823, this group of lawmen was feared by the Mexicans in Texas because of the Rangers' cruel and inhumane treatment of them and others. See, for example, Américo Paredes's With a Pistol in His Hand or the movie version starring Edward James Olmos (The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez). -
20 Texas rig
Unlike the single, center-fire rig favored by some cowboys, the Texas version features double-rigging or a saddle with two cinches.
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