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Record 1 2010-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A line, belt, or fringe of skerries, parallel to and extending along a coast for hundreds of kilometers, seemingly acting as a breakwater or "guard."

CONT

Norway is a land of rugged, pine-topped mountain ranges, valleys gouged out by glaciers, and narrow deep-sided inlets from the sea known as fjords. A line of offshore islands called the skerry guard shields the coastline and forms a protected inland waterway.

CONT

A chain of islands locally called the "skerry guard" or "reef guard" (Norwegian: skjærgården) protect the coast.

OBS

A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. The term skerry is derived from the Old Norse sker, which means a rock in the sea. ... The island fringe of Norway is such a group of glacially formed skerries (called a skjærgård); many of the cross fjords are so arranged that they parallel the coast and provide a protected channel behind an almost unbroken succession of mountainous islands and skerries.

OBS

skaergaard; skerry-guard: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • skærgaard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Côte basse de plaine proglaciaire ennoyée par la déglaciation, des eaux peu profondes entourant un semis d'îlots ou d'écueils («skjärgaard», ou jardin d'écueils en norvégien).

CONT

Côte à skjärs et à drumelinoïdes de la baie de James, au nord de l'embouchure de la Grande Rivière.

OBS

côte à skjär : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Arts and Culture
OBS

St. Stephen's Day in Hungary is observed on August 20, the day on which the allegedly sacred relics of Stephen I of Hungary were transferred to the city of Buda. This day is the ultimate public holiday in Hungary. Stephen I, or "Stephanus" as he was named in Latin by Pope Sylvester II, was originally a pagan chieftain's son answering to the name "Vajk". He gouged out the eyes and poured boiling lead into the ears of his arch rival(Vasoly) and was awarded a crown by the pope for forcing catholicism onto the Hungarian people. The converted king was canonized by Pope Gregory VII in AD 1083 and has since been referred to as St Stephen of Hungary. Under communism St. Stephen's Day was referred to by the Hungarians as "The celebration of the new bread-the end of the harvest".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Arts et Culture
Key term(s)
  • La Saint-Etienne

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Platemaking (Printing)
DEF

A hard rubber composition sheet laminated to a sheet of fabric, cemented on a metal base used for the production of line cuts, the non-printing areas being gouged from the rubber sheet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clicherie (Imprimerie)

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

pieces of rock may be plucked(but not gouged) from the surface by overriding ice, leaving a scarred surface but preserving the crescentic-like pattern. The reverse crescentic scars open up-ice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost of Living
OBS

Everyone hates a landlord and loves a farmer. To protect the poor from being gouged by landlords, maximum rentals are often fixed by law. These fiats may do short-run good; but they may also do long-run harm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coût de la vie

Spanish

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