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FURRY [6 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pets
CONT

[The] scratching block will appeal to [the] cat's sense of touch allowing your furry pal to carry out the natural instinct to scratch, to prevent claws from breaking or being ripped out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux d'agrément
CONT

Proposé par [une] entreprise néerlandaise [...], le bloc à griffer [...] présente une silhouette de chien labrador. [...] Il est composé de polyester et drapé de cordes de sisal.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Furniture Manufacture
  • Antique Furniture (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

The carved representation of a furry paw at the end of a furniture leg. The type of foot appeared inearly Greek and Roman furniture, and is found in French, English, and Italian Renaissance designs. It was a prime decorating motif in the 18th-century English furniture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des meubles en bois
  • Meubles anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
OBS

Le motif du lion fut particulièrement estimé par les Anglais au siècle dernier [...] Fines ou trapues et plus ou moins griffues, les pattes félines mises à la mode par le style Regency du premier tiers du siècle, ont très fréquemment servi de pieds aux divers meubles du salon et de la salle à manger.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
  • Recipes
  • Restaurant Menus
DEF

A soft cow's-milk cheese with a furry white rind speckled with beige, and a creamy, pale interior which becomes increasingly yellow as the cheese matures.

CONT

The best examples are usually made from raw milk, but most mass-produced Camemberts are now pasteurised. When fully ripe, Camembert has a pungent, strongly-flavoured and runny interior somewhat similar to the milder Brie.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
  • Recettes de cuisine
  • Menus (Restauration)
DEF

Fromage au lait de vache, à pâte molle et à croûte moisie, fabriqué principalement en Normandie.

OBS

camembert : équivalent adopté par le Comité intergouvernemental de terminologie de l'industrie laitière.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Plastic Arts
DEF

similar to or suggestive of a web.

CONT

Visible mold appears as coloured, furry and weblike matter on the surface of a water colour.

Key term(s)
  • arachnoid

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Arts plastiques
DEF

Qui est constitué de filaments (...)

Key term(s)
  • arachnéen

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

A family of achelate(clawless) decapod crustaceans found in all warm oceans and seas. Despite their name, they are not true lobsters, but are more closely related to spiny lobsters and furry lobsters.

OBS

Slipper lobsters are instantly recognisable by their enlarged antennae, which project forward from the head as wide plates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
  • Pêche commerciale
DEF

Crustacé décapode présent sur les fonds rocheux de l'Atlantique nord-est

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Crustáceos
  • Pesca comercial
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Record 6 1994-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
OBS

Some fabric has a furry surface, or "pile" that feels smooth if you stroke it in one way but rough if you stroke it other way. This is called a nap.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)

Spanish

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