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Dornick is a kind of stout figured linen fabric used for table-cloths, and generally chequered.
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Dornock is a stout, figured linen formerly much used for tablecloths. It is named after the town in Scotland where it was formerly made.
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Megilp is a substance added to graining colour to prevent it from flowing together and to help it to retain its sharpness of definition after it has been combed or figured. Skilled grainers often prepare their own meglip to secret recipes.
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Diaper is a kind of textile fabric formerly much used for towels and napkins, and formed either of linen or cotton, or a mixture of the two, upon the surface of which a flowered or figured pattern is produced by a peculiar mode of twilling.
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Gauze is a thin transparent stuff of silk, linen, or cotton. It is either plain or figured, the latter being sometimes worked with flowers of silver or gold.
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In music, an accompaniment is a part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
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In music a continued bass (basso continuo) is a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass.
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In music the term figured describes a free and florid style.
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In music, figured bass is, a bass part having the accompanying chords suggested by certain figures written above or below the notes - one of the most successful system of short-hand scoring in use among organists and pianists.
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