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Brewer's: Tent

Father of such as dwell in tents. Jabal. (Genesis iv. 20.) Tent (Skidbladnir's) would cover a whole army, and yet fold up into a parcel not too big for the pocket. (Arabian Nights…

tent caterpillar

(Encyclopedia) tent caterpillar, common name for the larvae of the members of a family of moths (Lasiocampidae), easily recognized by the large silk tents, or webs, that the larvae construct during…

oxygen tent

(Encyclopedia) oxygen tent, device used to maintain a patient in an oxygen-rich environment. The oxygen tent is composed of a clear plastic sheet suspended over the bed and tucked beneath the…

Brewer's: Kedar's Tents

This world. Kedar was Arabia Deserta, and the phrase Kedar's tents means houses in the wilderness of this world. Ah me! ah me! that In Kedar's tents here stay; No place like that on high;…

tent

(Encyclopedia) tent, portable shelter of canvas, skins, felt, matting, or other material usually supported by poles and used chiefly by nomads, hunters, and campers. Tents have been used by pastoral…

network

(Encyclopedia) network, in computing, two or more computers connected for the purpose of routing, managing, and storing rapidly changing data. A local area network (LAN), which is restricted by…

Movies and Film: The Networks of Norway

The Networks of NorwayMovies and FilmScandinavian Film HistoryDanish DirectionsThe Networks of NorwaySwedish SweetnessIngmar Bergman and the Triumph of Scandinavian Cinema It is typical of Norway'…

Tabernacle

(Encyclopedia) TabernacleTabernacletăbˈərnăkˌəl [key], in the Bible, the portable holy place of the Hebrews during their desert wanderings. It was a tent, like the portable tent-shrines used by…

tepee

(Encyclopedia) tepee or tipitepeeboth: tēˈpē [key], typical dwelling of Native North Americans living on the Great Plains. It was usually made by arranging tent poles into a conical frame and…

Edar

(Encyclopedia) EdarEdarēˈdär [key], in the Bible, tower, near which Jacob pitched his tent.