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BOOK OF DURHAM

The book of Durham is a Latin text of the gospels written by Bishop Eadfrith of Lindisfarne, with an interlinear Saxon gloss, finished in the year 720; now in the British Museum.
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CHINA INK

China Ink is a black solid, which, when rubbed down with water, forms a very pure black indelible ink. It has been used in China from time immemorial. There are different accounts of the process, but it appears to be made by boiling the juices of certain plants with water to a syrup, adding to this a quantity of gelatine, and then thoroughly incorporating the carbonaceous matter. There is generally added some perfume - a little musk or camphor. The mass is then made into square columns of different sizes, which are often decorated with figures and Chinese characters. Many attempts have been made to imitate Chinese ink, some of which have been tolerably successful. Good Chinese ink should have a velvety-black appearance, with a gloss which becomes very conspicuous on rubbing. The colour it gives on paper should be pure black and homogeneous, and if water be passed over it it should not run or become streaky. It is indelible by ordinary solvents, but may be removed sometimes mechanically.
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GLOSS

Gloss is the brightness or lustre of a surface, that is the extent to which it reflects light. In painting, lustre ranges from flat (the absence of gloss) through eggshell sheens and semi-gloss to full gloss.

In literacy, a gloss is an explanation of some verbal difficulty in a literary work, written at the passage to which it refers. The earliest glosses as those in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew manuscripts were interlinear; they were afterwards placed in the margin, and extended finally in some instances to a sort of running commentary on an entire book.
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MATT

A matt was a British measure of clover equivalent to about 80 lbs, in use during the 19th century.
In painting and decorating, the term matt means without gloss or sheen.
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PATINA

Patina is the gloss produced by age or by continuous hand polishing on woodwork.
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CURASSOW

The Curassow pr hocco are a family of gallinaceous game-birds of the genus Crax, family Cradiae inhabiting Central and South America but related to the bush-turkeys of Australia. The crested curassow (Crax alector), found in Guiana, Mexico, and Brazil, is a handsome bird, nearly as large as the turkey and more imposing in appearance, being of a dark violet colour, with a purplish-green gloss above and on the breast; the abdomen is snow-white, and the crest golden. Another species is the red curassow (Crax rubra), also a native of South America, and about the size of a turkey. The cushew-bird (Urax pauxi) is called the galeated curassow.
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EBONY

Ebony is the popular name of various plants of different genera, agreeing in having wood of a dark colour. The best-known ebony is derived from plants of the genus Diospyros, of the natural order Ebenaceae.

The most valuable is the heart-wood of Diospyros Ebenus, which grows in great abundance in the flat parts of Sri Lanka, and is of such size that logs of its heart-wood 60 cm in diameter and from 3 to 4.5 metres long are easily procured. Other varieties of valuable ebony are obtained from Diospyros Ebenaster of the East Indies and Diospyros melanoxylon of Coromandel. Ebony is hard, heavy, and durable, and admits of a fine polish or gloss. The most usual colour is black, red, or green. The best is jet black, free from veins, very heavy, astringent, and of an acrid pungent taste. On burning coals it yields an agreeable perfume, and when green it readily takes fire from its abundance of fat. It is wrought into toys, and used for mosaic and inlaid work, but is most familiar as the black keys on a piano keyboard.
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PIPE VINE SWALLOWTAIL

The Pipe Vine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) is an American Swallowtail butterfly found in the eastern and southern USA. The colouring is basically dark brown enhanced by rows of creamy white spots, the hind wings and abdomen are bordered with a blue-green gloss. The underside of the hind wings has red-orange dots and is edged with black and white half-moon spots.
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GKBN36

The Ruger GKBN36 Blackhawk High-Gloss Stainless 6.5 inch is an American single-action target-shooting pistol. The Ruger GKBN36 is chambered for the .357 Magnum cartridge, has a 6-chamber cylinder, 6.5 inch barrel and adjustable sights.
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GKBN44

The Ruger GKBN44 Blackhawk High-Gloss Stainless 4 5/8 inch is an American single action target-shooting revolver. The Ruger GKBN44 is chambered for the .45 Long Colt cartridge, has a 6-chamber cylinder, a 4.625 inch barrel and adjustable sights.
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