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FURROWED [7 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Upholstery Textiles
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
DEF

A piece of material that is typically made of meshed metal strips or twisted wire or of corrugated or perforated rubber so as to present a roughly ridged or furrowed surface and is placed at the entrance to a building for cleaning the bottom of one's shoes.

OBS

doormat : a mat placed before or just inside a door for wiping mud and dirt from the shoes.

OBS

Although "doormat" has a more restricted sense then "mat", both "doormat" and "mat" are used to describe this concept.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et textile d'ameublement
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
DEF

Natte tressée, de paille, de jonc, de roseau, de sparte, de jute, etc., que l'on met sur le seuil d'un appartement, au bas d'un escalier, etc., pour s'y essuyer les pieds.

OBS

«tapis-brosse» : Tapis de fibres végétales, à poils durs et serrés.

OBS

«tapis-brosse» : Terme plus général mais utilisé fréquemment pour décrire cette notion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alfombras y tejidos para tapizado
  • Alfombras y revestimientos para suelos
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Record 2 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A peculiar, deeply furrowed, lion-like appearance of the face, seen in certain cases of advanced lepromatous leprosy and in other diseases associated with facial edema such as coast erysipelas, a cutaneous manifestation of onchocerciasis seen in Central America.

CONT

Lepromatous Leprosy (LL). ... Often there are no obvious lesions, but the skin looks shiny and "full," as the dermis is expanded with macrophages containing bacilli. This is particularly prominent on the ears, eyebrows, and face, giving rise to an appearance called "leonine facies." Eyebrow loss is frequent; a saddle nose deformity may result from cartilage destruction; gynecomastia from reduced

OBS

Can be seen in pachydermoperiostitis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Hypertrophie cutanée, en bourrelets, de la face, survenant dans la lèpre de forme lépromateuse et donnant au visage des traits qui évoquent une tête de lion.

OBS

Peut s'observer dans la pachydermopériostose.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 3 2011-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A grooved or furrowed topographic form produced by wind abrasion acting upon weakly consolidated sediments.

OBS

[The sediments] are elongated in the direction of the prevailing winds and are usually strongly undercut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Corrasion en sillons et crêtes sculptés dans des sédiments tendres, parallèles à la direction générale des vents soufflant dans les régions arides.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Erosión y corrosión (Geología)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 4 2010-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Cucumis anguria
Latin
CONT

A true gherkin has three-lobed leaves with toothed edges, small flowers, and furrowed, prickly fruits about five centimetres long that are borne on crooked stalks.

OBS

A trailing vine, of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), grown for its edible fruit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cucumis anguria
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Cucurbitaceae.

OBS

Concombre à petits fruits ovoïdes, épineux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Cucumis anguria
Latin
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Record 5 2001-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Museums
  • Grain Growing
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

With time, further improvements were made to milling equipment. Grooves were cut in the rubbing surfaces of saddlestones and methods of holding a supply of grain in the top grinding stone while feeding grain onto the lower stone were developed. The lever mill eventually evolved in which the grain was subjected to a shearing and grinding action by a flat furrowed stone moving back and forth in a horizontal arc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muséologie
  • Culture des céréales
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

Avec le temps, d'autres améliorations furent apportées au matériel de meunerie. Les surfaces de frottement des meules de pierre furent striées de cannelures et l'on mit au point des systèmes permettant à la meule supérieure de contenir une certaine quantité de grains qu'elle laissait s'écouler sur la meule inférieure. La meule à levier, étape subséquente, devait soumettre le grain à une action de cisaillement et de broyage à l'aide d'une pierre plate creusée de sillons et animée d'un mouvement de va-et-vient selon un arc horizontal.

Spanish

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Record 6 1979-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
DEF

... having a wrinkled appearance.

DEF

formed into folds or furrows : having a ridged or furrowed surface.

Key term(s)
  • corrugate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
DEF

Orné de rides, de plis très accusés.

OBS

Un chapeau froncé est un chapeau fortement ridé-plissé.

Spanish

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Record 7 1978-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

(...) Middle Cambrian trilobite [with] short tapering glabella marked by backwardly curved furrows; moderately large, furrowed, smoothly rounded pygidium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Trilobite de la famille des olénidés, caractéristique du Cambrien.

Spanish

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