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OEIL BOEUF [4 records]

Record 1 2017-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Compositae (Asteraceae).

OBS

yellow chamomile: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

Anthemis tinctoria (Linnaeus); Cota tinctoria (Linnaeus) Gay.

Key term(s)
  • yellow chamomille

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Compositae (Asteraceae).

OBS

camomille jaune : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

OBS

Anthemis tinctoria (Linnaeus); Cota tinctoria (Linnaeus) Gay.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Elements
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

A small round or, more usually, oval window as in the Salon de l'Oeil de Boeuf at Versailles. There are three ranges of them in the dome of St. Peter's, Rome.

DEF

Fixed oval [or round] window, generally with surrounding moldings and ornaments, often found on Colonial Revival Houses.

CONT

The Collegio dei Nobili rises in three main storeys, the ground floor lost a little in confusion, but the windows of the two upper floors showing his favourite device since his monastery for the Theatines at Messines, of lifting the arms of the broken pediments above his windows in order to hold and excuse the oeil-de-boeuf openings in the mezzanine floor above them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments d'architecture
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Lucarne, fenêtre ronde ou ovale pratiquée dans la partie supérieure d'un édifice ou dans un mur.

OBS

Pluriel : des œils(-)de(-)bœuf.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos arquitectónicos
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
DEF

Ventana redonda u ovalada.

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Record 3 2014-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

Prominent, old: small-eyed animal.

Key term(s)
  • buck-eye

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

Gros et saillant.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labelling (Packaging)
  • Graphic Reproduction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
  • Production graphique
DEF

Technique de design en emballage consistant à mettre en évidence le nom d'un produit en l'intégrant dans un œil de bœuf imprimé sur l'étiquette.

Key term(s)
  • œil de bœuf

Spanish

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