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Record 1 2023-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

[A] large oboe pitched a fith below the ordinary oboe, with a bulbous bell and, at the top end, a bent metal crook on which the double reed is placed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
DEF

Actions aimed at decreasing the dispersion of microorganisms expelled when sneezing, coughing or blowing one’s nose.

OBS

Coughing into a tissue or in the crook of one's elbow and washing one's hands afterwards are actions associated with respiratory hygiene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
DEF

Ensemble de gestes à faire pour limiter la dispersion des microorganismes expulsés lors d'éternuements, de toux ou de mouchage.

OBS

Tousser dans un mouchoir ou dans le pli du coude et se laver les mains par la suite sont des gestes associés à l'hygiène respiratoire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Higiene y Salud
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Record 3 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hay crook : an item in the "Agricultural Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

croc à balles de foin : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement agricoles» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

shepherd's crook : an item in the "Animal Husbandry Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Materials" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

houlette de berger : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement d’élevage d’animaux» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour le traitement des matières».

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Wood Drying
  • Rough Carpentry
  • Finish Carpentry (Wood Industries)
CONT

The high temperature and humidity will help soften the lignin between the wood fibers and thus reduce the stresses caused by shrinkage that in turn produce crook and twist and other forms of warp.

CONT

Lumber cut off-center from the pith(core) of the log will naturally have stress which results in crook or side-bend in many species, especially hardwoods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Séchage du bois
  • Charpenterie
  • Menuiserie (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Déviation latérale d'une ligne droite tirée d'une extrémité à l'autre d'une pièce de bois.

CONT

Le déjettement est de loin le défaut de séchage le plus commun qui entraîne le déclassement des sciages de résineux de dimension.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
CONT

Carving tools. All tribes used some combination of chisels, crooked knives, adzes, wedges and mauls.... The most common adze type was the elbow adze used in the north and central regions [of the Northwest Pacific Coast]. The "elbow" in elbow adze refers to the crook of the haft and not its action in use.... The length and heft of the haft of an elbow adze determined the size of the blade and therefore the size of the chip.... A shaping elbow adze was used for the initial roughing and hollowing of the work. A finishing of surfacing elbow adze had the haft cut away so that the blade springs on impact, popping out the chip.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
CONT

Parallèlement à ces manches de houes, on peut noter deux formes semblables pour la herminette à bois [...] au fer spécifique plus petit et plus étroit que le petit fer de houe : la herminette coudée au manche plus fin [...], destinée à tailler les mortiers, les sièges, etc., et la herminette à manche droit, pour creuser l'intérieur du tambour long.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

An artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.

CONT

Streamers differ from most other types of flies in that they imitate baitfish rather than insects.

OBS

[The streamer] has a long wing made of feathers or hair.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Grande mouche en plumes ou en poils [...] qui imite un petit poisson.

OBS

Les streamers sont récupérés sous l'eau ou à la surface, souvent par gestes saccadés.

OBS

Les streamers sont plus productifs lorsque les mouches sèches et noyées sont inefficaces, soit durant les périodes où l'eau est très froide ou turbide.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Development
CONT

The therapeutically value of these waters had already been recognized by Dr. Yeager, and he was not slow to see the future of the embryo town and take advantage of its opportunities by establishing himself as one of its first citizens. The wisdom of this move has since been proved by the growth of Mineral Wells to a town of over three thousand, among whom are many wealthy citizens, and as a health resort it ranks among the foremost of the state.

CONT

Even before a road was opened under a decree of Court from what is now Rochester to the ford of the Big Beaver at Old Brightom, the necessity of a bridge at the letter point was apparent. No settlement as yet existed east of the crook, but the embryo town of Brighton, west of the stream already contained a couple of factories and several log dwellings, so the necessary steps were taken for that purpose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement urbain
DEF

Ensemble des premiers éléments nécessaires pour la création et le libre développement d'une agglomération urbaine.

CONT

L'étude à court terme conduit à définir un germe de ville comportant 5000 logements et les équipements correspondants (Introduction à la planification urbaine, p. 245).

CONT

1968. La Mission d'étude et d'aménagement du Vaudreuil, composée d'une équipe pluridisciplinaire d'une trentaine de spécialistes (urbanistes, ingénieurs, géographes, économistes, sociologues, paysagistes), est chargée d'étudier concrètement les conditions de faisabilité de la ville, et notamment d'un premier lot de 4000 logements dans le germe de ville.

Spanish

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Record 9 1996-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

One of the insignia of Osiris. It was held in the left hand of both the god and the king. It takes the form of a short staff ending at the top in a crook bent inwards and outwards.

CONT

The crozier-sceptre which figures among royal and divine insignia may go back to the boomerang-like object which was a prominent weapon in antiquity. It appears in old Babylonia as a curved stick, and, like the club, is a distinctive symbol of god and king. It resembles the sceptre curved at the end, which was carried by old Hittite gods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Bâton de commandement, signe d'autorité suprême.

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Instruments
DEF

A piece of tubing added between the instrument and the mouthpiece.

CONT

The crook, or upper section, is detachable. When in place, it curves in the opposite direction of the bell toward the player's mouth.

OBS

saxophone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à vent
DEF

Tube conique incurvé qui relie le bec au corps de l'instrument.

CONT

Parce qu'il est un élément distinct du corps et du bec, le bocal doit être démonté afin de nettoyer l'instrument.

OBS

saxophone

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

An ornament peculiar to the Gothic styles, usually resembling a leaf half opened, and projecting from the upper edge of a canopy or pyramidal covering. The term is supposed to be derived from the resemblance to a shepherd's crook.

CONT

The intricacy and delicacy of the Flamboyant crockets is extraordinary: their long wiry thistle leaves interlace and twist over and under one another in a way that speaks volumes for the ingenuity of the carver and his dexterity in stone-cutting, though in spite of all their cleverness they will not bear comparison with the simpler and broader effects of the earlier sculptors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Ornement sculpté en forme de fleur stylisée décorant le sommet d'un gâble ou d'un pignon auquel il sert d'amortissement. Les architectes médiévaux en firent grand usage à partir du XIIe siècle, ils leur donnèrent la forme de bourgeons, de fleurs ou de feuilles différemment disposés selon les époques.

CONT

Les fleurons des gâbles se perdent dans une sorte de corniche qui ondule en une ligne continue.

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

Deviation of the longitudinal axis of the log from a straight line caused by the crook of the trunk. According to the form, curvature is divided into simple and compound curvature.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Déviation de l'axe longitudinal de la bille par rapport à une ligne droite, résultant de la flexion du tronc. Suivant la forme, on distingue la courbure simple et la courbure complexe.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

Bend of the log characterized by one crook only.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Courbure de la bille caractérisée par une seule flexion de la pièce.

OBS

Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 14 1992-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
OBS

The most noticeable injury caused by the(european shoot moth) occurs when only one side of the main shoot is damaged and continued growth forms a posthorn or crook.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
OBS

Perce-pousse européen ou tordeuse des pousses du pin, Rhyacionia buoliana. Pousse terminale brisée à la base, puis redressement et lignification sous forme typique dite «en baïonnette».

Spanish

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Record 15 1991-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Distinct curve in a water body.

CONT

Bearpaw Bend, Sask.

CONT

Davis Turn, N.B.

CONT

Basil Gates Crook, N. S.

OBS

bend: Widely used.

OBS

turn: Uncommon; used in N.B. and Man.

OBS

crook : Rare; used in N. S.

OBS

bend; turn; crook : terms and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names(CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary(BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Inflexion dans le tracé d'un cours d'eau.

CONT

Courbe du Sault, Québec.

CONT

Le Grand Détour, Québec.

OBS

courbe : La courbe et le détour sont moins accentués que le coude. Attesté au Québec.

OBS

détour : Attesté au Québec.

OBS

courbe; détour : termes et définition uniformisés par le comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
  • Religion (General)
DEF

The pastoral staff or crook of a bishop or abbot.

CONT

This crosier and its silver-sheathed staff belonged to Monsignor Henri-Marie Dubreuil de Pontbriand, Bishop of Quebec from 1741 until his death.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
  • Religion (Généralités)
DEF

Bâton pastoral d'évêque dont l'extrémité se recourbe en volute.

Spanish

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Record 17 1985-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

... extraction and use of all above-ground components of the forest.

OBS

... all above ground components... would include... all trees, hardwoods and softwoods, preferred and weed species, large and small stems, trees dead because of decay, disease, insect attack, old age, crowding, drowning or accident, and trees conventionally culled because of decay, crook, sweep, or any other cause. It would include all standing timber, all logging debris and such down timber as might give reasonable fibre recovery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière

Spanish

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