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THIN PICK [5 records]

Record 1 2023-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

The nut tool, a thin metal device designed to help extract pieces of protection... is carried by each climber to use when following a pitch... Also known as a "cleaning tool" or "chock pick, "the nut tool can help the follower retrieve pieces of protection that do not come out easily. It is also recommended that climbers carry this device when leading, since occasionally the leader may need it to reset or replace a piece of protection in order to take advantage of a more secure placement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Le décoinceur est une lame métallique dont une des extrémités est crochetante, ce qui permet de récupérer les coinceurs câblés ou à cames. Outil indispensable à la cordée, chaque grimpeur doit en avoir un.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
OBS

roulade : the French term for a thin slice of meat rolled around a filling such as mushrooms, breadcrumbs, cheese or a mixture of vegetables and cheese or meat. The rolled package is usually secured with string or a wooden pick. A roulade is browned before being baked or braised in wine or stock. Also referred to as paupiette, bird and, in Italy, braciola.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
OBS

roulade : Appellation de divers apprêts farcis ou fourrés, puis roulés.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

2. 1 bright yarn : A warp or weft yarn of higher lustre than the adjacent yarns. This defect is caused by irregularity in processing of the yarn... 2. 5 fine yarn; thin end; thin pick : A yarn whose thickness is unacceptably less than that of the adjacent yarns. This defect is caused by variation in the linear density of the yarn.... 3. 23 weft crackiness : Fine weftways cracks distributed randomly across the whole or part of the fabric. This defect is often caused by variations in warp let-off and fabric take-up when weaving an underset fabric, or irregularities of cohesion points in... intermingled continuous-filament yarns.

CONT

Absence of uniformity. Nonuniformity. Noun: diversity, irregularity, unevenness; multiformity; unconformity; roughness ... .

CONT

Difficult-to-sew material specifications refers to the ability to sew a range of materials from general thin materials to materials made from new synthetic fibers, without puckering or unevenness in the seam occurring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
CONT

2.1 fil brillant: Fil de chaîne ou de trame plus brillant que les autres fils adjacents. Ce défaut est causé par l'irrégularité du traitement du fil [...] 2.3 fil ondulé: Irrégularités du fil sous forme d'effet bouclé [...] 2.5 fil fin: Fil de chaîne ou de trame trop fin comparé aux fils adjacents. Ce défaut est causé par des irrégularités de masse linéique du fil. [...] 3.23 endommagement de la trame: Altération de la trame disséminée sur l'ensemble ou sur une partie du tissu. Ce défaut est souvent causé par des irrégularités dans l'enroulement ou le déroulement de la chaîne [...] ou par des irrégularités des points de cohésion dans l'entrelacement des filaments continus. [...] 5.30 marque d'écrasement: Surface plus lustrée ou de moindre épaisseur comparée aux parties normales d'un tissu. Ce défaut est souvent causé par des irrégularités de pression pendant les traitements de finition. [...] 5.37 stries en chaîne: Fines variations de nuance, de longueur et de largeur variables. Ce défaut est souvent causé par des variations d'absorption de colorant dans les fils de chaîne dues à [...] une irrégularité des mélanges [...] une masse linéique irrégulière.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooking and Gastronomy
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
CONT

Codfish pie. Put the fish in cold water to soak, the night before wanted; then boil it well, and pick it into small pieces; set it on a fish drainer to get cold. Boil four eggs hard, peel and slice them very thin; the same quantity of onion sliced thin. Line the bottom of a pie-dish with a layer of potatoes slices thin; then a layer of onions, then of fish, and of eggs, and so on till the dish is full. Season each layer with a little pepper, then mix a tea-spoonful of mustard and a little mushroom catsup in a gill of water, put in the dish... Cover it with puff-paste, and bake in one hour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuisine et gastronomie
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

Fine yarn; thin end; thin pick : A yarn whose thickness is unacceptably less than that of the adjacent yarns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

Fil fin : fil de chaîne ou de trame trop fin comparé aux fils adjacents.

Spanish

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