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    woman's purse from touching the floor Shepherd's hook, a staff used in herding sheep or other animals Siege hook, an Ancient Roman weapon used to pull stones...
    5 KB (536 words) - 15:36, 8 October 2024
  • hook sheep). The phrase was featured in the opening credits to the 1960s British television series The Prisoner. It appears prominently (as "by hook and...
    4 KB (392 words) - 16:06, 10 November 2024
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    sturdy stick with a hook at one end, often with the point flared outwards, used by a shepherd to manage and sometimes catch sheep. In addition, the crook...
    5 KB (462 words) - 15:43, 14 August 2024
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    Hook-and-loop fasteners, also known as hook-and-pile fasteners or touch fasteners, are devices that allow two surfaces to be repeatedly fastened and unfastened...
    29 KB (3,472 words) - 06:19, 17 November 2024
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    Sickle (redirect from Reaping-hook)
    A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting...
    19 KB (2,708 words) - 19:30, 3 November 2024
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    A hook-and-eye closure is a simple and secure method of fastening garments together. It consists of a metal hook, commonly wire bent to shape, and an eye...
    5 KB (710 words) - 03:19, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Glossary of sheep husbandry
    domestic sheep has occurred in nearly every inhabited part of the earth, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced...
    21 KB (2,856 words) - 16:08, 15 October 2024
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    assisted daily at the Holy Sacrifice; when the bell rang, she fixed her sheep-hook or distaff in the ground, and left her flocks to the care of Providence...
    8 KB (1,123 words) - 02:29, 16 April 2024
  • Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a living museum in Red Hook, New York Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, held in Rhinebeck, New...
    330 bytes (71 words) - 01:44, 29 December 2018
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    Pyecombe hook was perfectly balanced with a twist that allowed shepherds to easily catch the hind leg of a sheep without injuring the sheep. Its use is...
    4 KB (439 words) - 11:19, 14 August 2024
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    Wool (redirect from Sheep wool)
    Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials...
    43 KB (4,912 words) - 12:44, 29 October 2024
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    Red Hook is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 9,953 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 11,319 in 2010. The...
    25 KB (2,425 words) - 10:01, 12 August 2024
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    Kangaroo Ostrich Seal Sheep Snake Stingray Fasteners Back closure Belt hook Buckle Button Buttonhole Frog Shank Hook-and-eye Hook-and-loop Velcro Snap...
    2 KB (189 words) - 02:08, 12 July 2024
  • engineer George de Mestral in the 1950s. It is the original manufacturer of hook-and-loop fasteners, which de Mestral invented. Swiss electrical engineer...
    9 KB (632 words) - 12:02, 17 November 2024
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    The Hook Lighthouse (Irish: Teach Solais Rinn Duáin; also known as Hook Head Lighthouse) is a building situated on Hook Head at the tip of the Hook Peninsula...
    8 KB (949 words) - 23:27, 5 November 2024
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    fabric that is attached to the opening in order for the fasteners (buttons, hooks, press studs) to be sewn to it. In modern usage, the term placket often...
    5 KB (577 words) - 18:26, 29 February 2024
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    Kangaroo Ostrich Seal Sheep Snake Stingray Fasteners Back closure Belt hook Buckle Button Buttonhole Frog Shank Hook-and-eye Hook-and-loop Velcro Snap...
    5 KB (537 words) - 08:20, 1 April 2023
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    Kangaroo Ostrich Seal Sheep Snake Stingray Fasteners Back closure Belt hook Buckle Button Buttonhole Frog Shank Hook-and-eye Hook-and-loop Velcro Snap...
    10 KB (972 words) - 11:47, 13 September 2024
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    world's leather production. It is rare compared to other hides such as sheep or cow and requires high levels of craftsmanship to prepare it for use in...
    24 KB (2,943 words) - 09:57, 25 April 2024
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    Kangaroo Ostrich Seal Sheep Snake Stingray Fasteners Back closure Belt hook Buckle Button Buttonhole Frog Shank Hook-and-eye Hook-and-loop Velcro Snap...
    7 KB (890 words) - 06:16, 14 August 2024
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