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The Fer de Lance or Rat-tailed Snake (Bothrops atrox) is one of the species of pit vipers found in the West Indies and tropical America. It grows to about two metres in length, has a deadly bite, and is variously coloured but usually reddish-yellow with irregular dark bands and spots. The tail ends in a horny spine which scrapes harshly against rough objects but does not rattle.
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Louis Amedee Eugene Achard was a French journalist, novelist, and playwright. He was born in 1814 and died in 1875. He is best known as a novelist and wrote the novels Belle Rose, La Chasse royale, Chateaux en Espagne, Robe de Nessus, Chaines de fer, etc.
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The kettle-hat or chapel-de-fer was a 12th century European helmet with a bowl-shaped skull and a down-turned brim running the length of the edge. The
kettle-hat remained in service, in modified form, until the 20th century.
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A martel-de-fer was a hammer and pick conjoined, used by horse soldiers in the Middle Ages to break and destroy armour. They were generally carried at the saddle-bow, and were pierced to receive a cord which could be twisted around the hand or wrist so that the weapon might not be dropped in battle.
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SNCF is an abbreviation for Societe National des Chemins de Fer
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FER is an abbreviation for Flight Experiment Review
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A corps de fer is an iron corset covered in fabric.
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In heraldry, a mill-rind or Fer-de-Moline is a figure supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its centre.
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Fakanci (Kag-Fer-Jiir-Koor-Ror-Us-Zuksun) is a Kainji language spoken in Nigeria.
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Shimmy is slang for a woman's petticoat.
Shimmy is slang for a man's shirt.
Shimmy is slang for the game chemin de fer.
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