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Glossary - L-O
| Lintel |
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Horizontal timber or stone over door
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| Long ell |
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An ell is an old measurement of about 45 inches. Long ell refers to a very long cloth of twill weave with a worsted (combed) warp and woollen (carded) weft.
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| Mausoleum |
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A funerary building and/or a large, grand tomb usually holding several members of a family
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| Metamorphism |
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The change in the character of a rock. Usually as a result of increasing temperature and/or pressure.
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| Métis |
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People of mixed European and Native American race.
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| Mica Schists |
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Schists are medium grained crystalline metamorphic rocks which generally display distinct banding. The rock can be easily split along these bands. Mica is a platy rock forming mineral.
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| Middle Ages |
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The period between 1066 and 1485.
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| Mullion |
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Vertical bar dividing lights of a window
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| Nap |
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The surface of a cloth where the fibres have been fluffed up from the base of the cloth to give a softer finish that covers the woven structure of the cloth.
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| Navajo |
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Native people who occupy northern New Mexico, a portion of southern Utah, and part of northern Arizona. Today they are the largest Native community in the United States.
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| Navigation |
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Canal
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| Nawabs of Awadh |
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Nawabs were the governors of Awadh, a province of the Mughal Empire in India, from 1719 to 1858.
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| Obviate |
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Prevent or forestall
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