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  • 11Popping crease — Crease Crease, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness, krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple,… …

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  • 12Return crease — Crease Crease, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness, krausen, kr[aum]usen, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple,… …

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  • 13fold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. bend (see fold); embrace; pleat; flock, congregation. See religion, assemblage. II A bending double Nouns fold, plication, crease, double, bend, lapping, plait; wrinkle, corrugation; flap, lapel,… …

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  • 14fold — I. n. 1. Pen (for sheep), cot or cote, enclosure. 2. Flock (or sheep). 3. Plait, double, doubling, folding, gather, plicature. II. v. a. 1. Double, lay in folds. 2. Wrap, inwrap, envelop, infold …

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  • 15labia majora — /lay bee euh meuh jawr euh, johr euh/, sing. labium majus /lay bee euhm may jeuhs/. Anat. the outer folds of skin of the external female genitalia. [1870 75; < NL: greater lips] * * * …

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  • 16labia minora — /lay bee euh mi nawr euh, nohr euh/, sing. labium minus /lay bee euhm muy neuhs/. Anat. the inner folds of skin of the external female genitalia. [1830 40; < NL: lesser lips] * * * …

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  • 17labium — /lay bee euhm/, n., pl. labia / bee euh/. 1. a lip or liplike part. 2. Anat. a. a lip or lip shaped structure or part. b. any of the folds of skin bordering the vulva. 3. Bot. the lower lip of a bilabiate corolla. 4. Entomol. the posterior,&#8230; …

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  • 18mountain — mountainless, adj. /mown tn/, n. 1. a natural elevation of the earth s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. (610 m). 2. a large mass of something&#8230; …

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  • 19painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 20Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like&#8230; …

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