Search results for "Common Seal" - New World Encyclopedia
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- from the Dutch Robbe Eiland, meaning "seal island." ... Dutch name, Robbe Eiland, meaning "seal island." At the time ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 21:08, 16 April 2023
- [[Image:1638vellumlarge.jpg|thumb|240px|right|A vellum deed with ... computerized world is built. It is still common for engineers and architects ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 15:00, 3 May 2023
- republic, his figure being featured in its official seal. ... than they ever knew am looked upon as a common cutthroat." ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 20:35, 13 May 2023
- Herring is the common name for any of the various fish comprising ... and other tiny crustaceans are the most common zooplankton eaten by herring. ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 22:35, 1 January 2023
- bell. Straight soprano saxophones are more common than curved ones, and very ... (Since 1970, the high F# key has become common among intermediate and professional ...17 KB (2,653 words) - 17:08, 23 December 2022
- were developed by Crown Cork & Seal, now known as Crown Holdings ... Pull-tabs were a common form of litter. Some users dropped the aluminum ...13 KB (2,176 words) - 03:29, 1 October 2023
- resources, especially salmon and seal. However, during the twentieth ... The common ancestors of Eskimos and Aleuts (as well as various Paleo ...30 KB (4,529 words) - 20:54, 19 January 2024
- of Shiva. Worship of the linga is most common in South India where Shaivism ... Archaeologists have also found an engraved seal depicting an ithyphallic male ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 23:15, 18 April 2020
- Weasel is the common name for various carnivorous mammals in the genus ... references to weasels, such as their common appearances in fables, refer ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- The stopper used to seal the hole in a barrel is called the bung. ... Earlier, another size of whiskey barrel was the most common size; ...10 KB (1,477 words) - 10:53, 20 September 2023
- The term “hieroglyphics,” used as a noun, was once common, but ... [[Image:Troy VIIb hieroglyphic seal reverse.png|thumb|160px|Drawing ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- a heraldist, a designer of the Great Seal of the State of New Jersey ... Day (July 4). On Memorial Day it is common to place small flags by war ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 18:00, 29 September 2023
- in North America and Europe and are also common as pets and laboratory animals ... build feeding platforms in wetlands. It is common to find muskrats living in ...10 KB (1,517 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is the common name for a species of burrowing ... pigs, being placed in its own order. The common term antbear generally is ...9 KB (1,488 words) - 00:41, 17 December 2022
- He mass produced cameos depicting the seal for the Society for the Abolition ... with overlaid white decoration, still common throughout the world. ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 05:23, 7 May 2024
- record inventory or census information are common. The text on these documents ... at Knossos unearthed 150 Linear A seal impressions and three disks ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- Bald eagle is the common name for a North American bird of prey, ... eagle (which is comparable in size to a common buzzard or red-tailed hawk ...30 KB (4,424 words) - 04:17, 11 January 2023
- Quite often a ritual meal was required to seal the covenant, involving the ... Abraham is the common forefather of the Muslims as well as Jews and ...23 KB (3,861 words) - 20:30, 28 May 2020
- What bullets have in common is that they are single projectiles—as ... primary problems. They must first form a seal with the gun's bore. ...22 KB (3,492 words) - 18:43, 22 November 2023
- | seal = CIA.svg | seal_width = 125 px | seal_caption ... and CIA Interventions Since World War II. Common Courage Press, 2003. ISBN ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- /; meaning "beloved ornament of the palace") is the common ... so far that he even gave her his imperial seal, the Muhr Uzah. Mumtaz was ...10 KB (1,493 words) - 18:21, 10 November 2022
- Dugong is the common name for a large, herbivorous, fully aquatic ... body is sparsely covered in short hair, a common feature among sirenians, ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- Narwhal is the common name for an Arctic whale, Monodon monoceros ... only be obtained through the consumption of seal, whale, and walrus. The livers ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- a number of thinkers who emphasize common themes, but whose ultimate ... Waking Life, Bergman's The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries, are ...22 KB (3,260 words) - 23:54, 24 March 2024
- of learning the technique, is much less common in printmaking, where it ... paintings. Engravings continued to be common in newspapers and many books ...11 KB (1,710 words) - 18:36, 13 February 2024
- Leech is the common name for any of the annelids (segmented worms ... are especially prominent in the common North American worm-leech ...20 KB (3,061 words) - 06:24, 6 March 2023
- | Seal = Hawaii-StateSeal.svg | Seallink = Seal | Coat of Arms = Coat ... you," are Hawaiian words in common use. Some Hawaiian words ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- listed below, with a brief explanation and common applications of each. Most ... and Canada, only a licensed engineer may seal engineering work for public ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
- were constructed from animal skins (such as seal) stitched together and stretched ... , made with seal skins and wood. It was originally paddled with single ...36 KB (5,715 words) - 17:16, 5 October 2022
- 12,000 known species of caddisflies. Other common names include sedge-flies ... their case to some underwater object, seal the front and back apertures ...12 KB (1,840 words) - 16:48, 2 May 2023
- cannot shatter or scratch, and a waterproof seal that molds around the diver ... Less common, but becoming increasingly available, are closed and semi ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 02:37, 21 April 2023
- to the word tarmac, which is now used in common parlance to refer to road ... a layer of crushed rock or gravel. Slurry Seal involves the creation of a ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:53, 18 August 2023
- called braid bars. Braided streams are common wherever a drastic reduction ... of deposition and rapid flow work to seal the meander, cutting it off ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 17:44, 25 January 2023
- this day the wide open treeless spaces are common in most of the state where ... Meadowlark, the state bird, is very common and its melodic song makes ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- Anatolia, suggest that such practices were common in the worship as far back ... the "lesser" and "greater seal" (i.e. partial and complete ...10 KB (1,493 words) - 22:47, 29 January 2023
- economically, having both the industry common to the North, making such ... supported the protests and dismay common to all 13 colonies after ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- Limpet is the common name for any of the marine gastropod mollusks ... term limpet also is broadly applied as a common name for many marine and ...20 KB (2,800 words) - 08:45, 8 March 2023
- is an official list of 2,928 characters in common use in Japan; it consists ... Early instances of kanji include a gold seal discovered in 1748, which ...32 KB (4,676 words) - 02:41, 5 October 2022
- Bridgeman, who became keeper of the great seal, and Samuel Pepys. ... to be understood by them. There is, thus, common ground for the two opposing ...13 KB (2,116 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- one Buddha hanging from peoples necks is a common sight even today; in Bolivia ... The Seal of Solomon is probably the best known of Jewish amulets. ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- colored inclusions of pyrite. These inclusions are common in lapis and are an important help in identifying the stone. The carving is 8 centimeters ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 22:35, 22 October 2022
- The common peoples' language, the Hurrian language is neither ... treaties, or only in reaction to a common threat, remains open to debate ...37 KB (5,773 words) - 19:19, 9 November 2022
- Halibut is the common name for any flatfish (order Pleuronectiformes) belonging to the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- Pinnipeds: The Kuril islands are home to two species of eared seal ... . A distinct Kuril island subspecies of the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina ...30 KB (4,467 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- Manatee is the common name for large, herbivorous, fully aquatic marine ... species. Deaths by boat strikes, however, are still common. ...22 KB (3,302 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- and azalea are flowering shrubs common in the park, especially in ... of extinction in the region, are now a common site in park areas south ...31 KB (4,564 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- chapters. Today, Mao's version is the most common. ... of Changsha, found the Imperial Jade Seal at the bottom of a well in ...29 KB (4,917 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- sense of co-responsibility and of a common, Christian identity that ... was understood as a necessary, sacramental seal of succession. If the Pope ...12 KB (1,984 words) - 20:06, 25 October 2022
- Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Privy Seal, or Secretary of State among ... 1st Earl of Chatham (who was Lord Privy Seal) and, for most of his three ...42 KB (6,582 words) - 21:49, 26 April 2023
- Alligators are common in Louisiana's extensive swamps, bogs, ... Roman law—as opposed to English common law. Common law is "judge ...32 KB (4,608 words) - 04:12, 4 November 2022
