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WIRY [19 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
CONT

Airedales have short and wiry fur that comes in black and tan or grizzle(a mix of dark and light hairs) and tan, and they have dark eyes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
DEF

Race canine d'origine anglaise, de type terrier, de grande taille, à pelage noir et feu d'aspect rugueux, à long museau carré et à oreilles tombantes, que l'on a d'abord utilisée comme chien de chasse.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
CONT

The bouvier des Flandres is characterized by a rugged appearance and compact build. It has a thick, wiry, tousled-looking coat and may be brown, black, gray, mixed gray and white(salt-and-pepper), or brindle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-07-27

English

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

Pineweed is a bushy plant with wiry, green stems. Its leaves are so small... that they escape notice. Despite the common names, this plant is neither a pine nor a grass; it is a St. Johnswort.

OBS

A plant of the family Hypericaceae.

Key term(s)
  • gentian-leaved St. Johnswort
  • orange-grass St. Johnswort
  • orangegrass St. John's-wort
  • orangegrass St. Johnswort

French

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

Plante de la famille des Hypericaceae.

Key term(s)
  • mille-pertuis fausse-gentiane

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wool Industry
DEF

A white, harsh, wiry wool obtained from Cheviot sheep.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie lainière
DEF

Laine blanche, solide, sans crochet et feutrant difficilement qui provient des moutons de race Cheviot.

Spanish

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Record 5 2021-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
CONT

The giant schnauzer... is a robust dog with a wiry coat. It... is salt-and-pepper, black, or black-and-tan in colour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats

Spanish

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Record 6 2021-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
CONT

GWPs are best known for their namesake : A coarse, wiry coat. Their fur is commonly spotted with patchy patterns of liver and white, though you can find black German wirehaired pointers as well.

Key term(s)
  • German wire-haired pointer
  • German wire-haired pointing dog

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Densely crowded, compact fern... erect wiry stalks... tiny rounded, toothed leathery 1-2 cm leaflets. [Family Polypodiaceae, native to New Zealand, Polynesia].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Cultivar singulier à développement compact, folioles serrées et froncées en forme de bouton. [Famille des Polypodiacées, originaire de la Polynésie et de la Nouvelle-Zélande].

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

... dwarf fern with thin-leathery, bright green, plamate fronds 15 cm across, carried horizontally on black wiry stalks...(of the family Polypodiaceae, native to W. Indies to Argentina)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Fougère naine de la famille des Polypodiacées originaire des Antilles et d'Argentine. Fougère originale, une longue tige lisse, fine, marron porte une grande fronde ressemblant à une feuille d'érable profondément découpée.

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ferns and Fern Allies
OBS

Fern of the family Polypodiaceae native to Fiji Islands(with) brown woolly, creeping rhizomes from which rise graceful durable fronds on wiry stem...(The variey ’Plumosa’ is a dwarf variety from Polynesia with plume-like, pendulous fronds)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fougères et plantes alliées
OBS

Fougère de la famille des Polypodiacées originaire des îles Fidji. La variété «Plumosa» est une variété naine de Polynésie. Ses frondes sont triangulaires et gracieusement recourbées. Des rhizomes brun-roux rehaussent sa valeur décorative.

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

Endurance horses have a physical look which could be described as small and wiry, without excessive muscling. Typical body weight measurements would be in the range of 850 to 1050 pounds. From a body condition standpoint, most endurance horses are moderately thin, resembling human endurance runners. The small, lightly muscled physic of endurance horses is advantageous both for reducing thermal load and for traveling up and down mountains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
CONT

Un cheval d'endurance typique peut être décrit comme petit, sans musculature excessive. Le poids moyen est de 380 à 500 [kilogrammes]. Du point de vue de la condition, les chevaux d'endurance sont plutôt minces, comme les coureurs de marathon. Il est évident qu'un petit cheval d'endurance peu musclé a l'avantage au niveau de la régulation thermique et sur des terrains montagneux.

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Writing Styles
DEF

In Chinese calligraphy, this style is characterized by winding, wiry, carefully drawn lines, in contrast to the less refines Greater Seal Script.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'écriture
DEF

En calligraphie chinoise, ce style est caractérisé par des lignes sinueuses et dessinées avec application, par contraste avec l'écriture moins raffinée des grands caractères de sceaux. Le style sigillaire se caractérise par le caractère très peu modulé des traits, l'arrondi des attaques et des terminaisons et par un ordre bien particulier dans le tracé des traits.

Spanish

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Record 12 2007-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
DEF

Describes very twisted, whole leaf grades which are thin in appearance.

OBS

wiry : term and definition standardized by ISO.

OBS

Terminology related to the tea industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Qualifie des feuilles entières très vrillées, fines d'apparence.

OBS

tordu : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

Terminologie relative à l'industrie du thé.

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Cotton Industry
DEF

Harsh, wiry, very short staple. Can be mixed with wool for blankets. Limited uses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie cotonnière

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

A specialized twining stem or leaf by which creepers support themselves.

OBS

A photosynthesizing wiry organ developing instead of leaves.

OBS

e.g. of peas

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie végétale
OBS

Filament volubile de certaines plantes, constitué par une stipule, une foliole ou une feuille. La vrille est excitable et s'enroule, par son extrémité autour du support.

OBS

Sur la plante du pois, organe filiforme photosynthétiseur qui s'enroule en spirale; remplace partiellement les feuilles.

Spanish

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Record 15 1997-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
CONT

Storm serge : Heavier in weight, lower in texture, and made from poorer stock than the average serge. Three-up and three-down twill weave used as well as the customary two-up and two-down twill. The cloth has luster, is harsh and wiry in fell. It is usually piece dyed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Nomenclature des tissus

Spanish

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Record 16 1997-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Storm serge : Heavier in weight, lower in texture, and made from poorer stock than the average serge. Three-up and three-down twill weave used as well as the customary two-up and two-down twill. The cloth has luster, is harsh and wiry in fell. It is usually piece dyed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 17 1997-10-27

English

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

Storm serge : Heavier in weight, lower in texture... The cloth has luster, is harsh and wiry in fell. It is usually piece dyed.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 18 1997-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Storm serge : Heavier in weight, lower in texture, and made from poorer stock than the average serge. Three-up and three-down twill weave used as well as the customary two-up and two-down twill weave. The cloth has luster, is harsh and wiry in fell. It is usually piece dyed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 19 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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