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(Encyclopedia) knitting, construction of a fabric made of interlocking loops of yarn by means of needles. Knitting, allied in origin to weaving and to the netting and knotting of fishnets and snares…workers' compensation
(Encyclopedia) workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. The…modello
(Encyclopedia) modellomodellomōdĕlˈlō [key], small plan of a major work presented by Renaissance and baroque artists to the patron who commissioned the work. The modello was intended to show the…Brush, George de Forest
(Encyclopedia) Brush, George de Forest, 1855–1941, American painter, b. Shelbyville, Tenn., studied in New York City at the National Academy of Design and with Gérôme in Paris. His early,…Street, George Edmund
(Encyclopedia) Street, George Edmund, 1824–81, English architect. One of the foremost champions of the Gothic revival, he did much church work, including St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington, London; St.…Speed, John
(Encyclopedia) Speed, John, 1552?–1629, English historian and cartographer. He abandoned his trade as a tailor to engage in mapmaking. Many of his maps of parts of England and Wales were published in…Festus
(Encyclopedia) Festus (Sextus Pompeius Festus), fl. some time between a.d. 100 and 400, Roman lexicographer; his surviving work, On the Meaning of Words, is an abridgment of the lost glossary of…Judah ha-Levi
(Encyclopedia) Judah ha-Levi or Judah HalevyJudah ha-Leviboth: j&oomacr;ˈdə [key]Judah ha-Levihäˌlēˈvī [key], c.1075–1141, Jewish rabbi, poet, and philosopher, b. Tudela, Spain. His poems—…foot-pound
(Encyclopedia) foot-pound, abbr. ft-lb, unit of work or energy in the customary English gravitational system; it is the work done or energy expended by a force of 1 pound acting through a distance of…Joseph and Asenath
(Encyclopedia) Joseph and Asenath, an early Jewish work, highly regarded in Eastern and Western Christian traditions, most likely emanating from Alexandrian Egypt between 200 b.c. and a.d. 200,…Trending
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