Cold Cream is a cooling ointment prepared in various ways. A good variety may be made by heating four parts of olive-oil with one of white wax. This ointment cools the skin, rendering it soft and pliable, and was formerly successfully applied for the cure of chapped hands. Research Cold Cream
A Florence flask is a globular, long-necked flask of thin glass, of the kind that Florence oil (that is olive-oil) and Tuscanwine were traditionally contained in. Research Florence Flask
Gallipoli Oil is a coarse olive-oil used in Turkey-red dyeing and for other purposes, and prepared from olives grown in Calabria and Apulia, the latter being considered the best. The oil was traditionally conveyed in skins to Gallipoli, where it was clarified and shipped in casks. Research Gallipoli Oil
Green-ebony is an olive-green coloured wood obtained from the South American tree Jacaranda ovalifolia, of the natural order Bignoniaceae. It is used for round rulers, turnery, marquetry work, etc, and was also formerly much used for dyeing, yielding olive-green, brown, and yellow colours. Research Green-Ebony
Macassar oil is a kind of oil that was formerly used in dressing the hair. It was so called because it was originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. The term is also applied to an imitation of the real oil made of perfumed castor oil and olive oil. Research Macassar Oil
The committee reported various devices during several years. William Barton, of Philadelphia, was appointed to submit designs. Sir John Prestwich, an English antiquarian, suggested a design to John Adams in 1779.
Combining the various designs of William Barton and John Prestwich, a seal was adopted on June the 20th, 1782. Arms: Paleways of thirteen pieces argent and gules; a chief azure; the escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed proper, holding in his dextertalon an olive branch and in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows; and in his beak a scroll with the motto: E Pluribus Unum. Crest: a glory breaking through a cloud proper and surrounding thirteen stars. Reverse: A pyramid unfinished. In the zenith an eye in a triangle, surrounded with a glory proper, over the eye the words, Annuit Coeptis. Beneath the pyramid, MDCCLXXVI, and the words, Novus Ordo Seculorum. Research Seal of the United States
Vallauris Ware is a porous red claypottery produced at Vallauris, near Cannes. It is covered with an opaque olive-green glaze and decorated with flower over-glaze. Research Vallauris Ware
Avocet (Avoset) is the popular name for long-legged, web-footed shorebirds of the genus Recurvirostra, family Recurvirostridae order Charadriiformes. They are characterized by a long, slender, up-curved bill and frequent marshes where they search shallow water with their sensitive beaks for crustaceans, snails, and similar prey. There are four species of the genus: one found in Eurasia and Africa, one in North America, one in Australia, and one in South America. Avocets build simple nests on the ground in marshy places and usually lay four olive or buff coloured eggs, thickly spotted with dark brown. Research Avocet
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