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  • Thumbnail for Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
    fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers. The Triangle Waist Company factory occupied the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of the 10-story Asch...
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  • waft Another name for a signal flag. waist The central deck of a ship between the forecastle and the quarterdeck. waist clothes Colored cloths or sheets hung...
    251 KB (31,530 words) - 13:14, 13 May 2024
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    Belaying (redirect from Belay anchor)
    also be a hanging belay where the belayer themself is suspended from an anchor in the rock on a multi-pitch climb. Belaying is a critical part of climbing...
    15 KB (1,849 words) - 13:17, 30 May 2024
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    of replacements include the harness (replaced tieing the rope around the waist), the carabiner (replaced many knots), the descender/abseil device (replaced...
    48 KB (5,593 words) - 17:34, 30 March 2024
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    Forrestals was sited in both the landing path and in the launch path of the waist catapults. Three different shipyards were used to construct the ships. Kitty...
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    painful or pleasurable pressure to the vulva. The rope is anchored by being tied around the waist. A crotch rope is most commonly made of hemp or jute, but...
    56 KB (6,782 words) - 10:02, 23 April 2024
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    effort by the person controlling it. Climbing harness: Fixed around the waist or whole body used to secure the descender. Fit is important to prevent...
    15 KB (1,627 words) - 17:37, 22 May 2024
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    A body belt is any waist belt which has D-rings or other attachment points. The belts can be used as medical restraints in institutions for bed and wheelchair...
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    breasts, creating a form of breast bondage, with further straps around the waist. On a male, the straps usually criss-cross over the chest and abdomen to...
    3 KB (445 words) - 18:17, 28 April 2024
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    the helmet and connected across the chest and at the waist, depending on the lap belt for anchoring. The device was developed beginning in 2000. From 2001...
    14 KB (1,347 words) - 05:00, 11 May 2024
  • bending at the waist), and two distinct meanings sharing the same sound but different spellings (bow, the act of bending at the waist, and bough, the...
    16 KB (1,574 words) - 19:23, 29 May 2024
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    Lesser Key note that the duchess's crown is (somehow) worn on Gemory's waist. Stephen Skinner and David Rankine, in their edition of The Goetia of Dr...
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    in the end of a rope, as around one's waist or to secure a ring or grommet. The knot is also used as an anchor knot and is used in many knot systems that...
    33 KB (4,285 words) - 16:35, 5 June 2024
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    woven fabric arranged over the body as a robe, with one end attached to the waist, while the other end rests over one shoulder as a stole (shawl), sometimes...
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  • etc.) wore crimson worsted waist sashes (in the Confederate States Army, all sergeant ranks wore swords and worsted waist sashes: red for artillery and...
    12 KB (646 words) - 05:30, 14 May 2024
  • have broad shoulders with a slightly nipped in waist and a double-breasted suit jacket. This cut was anchored in the WWII version, without the war restrictions...
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    A5 and up to A6 (for "new wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. ABD A term used...
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    hammock, depending on the effects desired: either two anchor points (for more stability) or one anchor point, to give the participant an increased range of...
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    a restrictive diet and wearing extremely tightlaced corsets to keep her waist looking very small. While travelling in Geneva in 1898, Elisabeth was fatally...
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  • weight-driven pendulum clock, with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8–2.4 metres (6–8 feet)...
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