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HAND-MADE [21 records]

Record 1 2018-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
DEF

A wig made entirely by hand, without the use of a machine.

OBS

handmade wig: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
OBS

perruque implantée à la main : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace (Embroidery)
CONT

Machine-made lace is similar to hand-made lace in general appearance but except in the case of bobbin laces the method of interlacing the threads is different and machine-made lace is more uniform than hand-made.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles
CONT

On reconnaît parfois la dentelle mécanique par sa texture plus rigide. Sa composition est distinctement régulière et les nœuds sont rares. Finalement, elle est plus économique mais considérée comme moins durable par les dentellières. Toutefois, certaines dentelles mécaniques de soie ou de coton sont raffinées, esthétiques et très jolies. Certaines techniques comme la dentelle torchon sont facilement imitées par la machine. Mais il est aisément facile de reconnaître une dentelle mécanique, car le chemin des fils est souvent impossible à suivre. La dentelle est imitée pour ses motifs, et non pour ses points. Un motif de point de toile sera perçu et interprété par la machine comme un «espace à remplir plus opaque que le fond».

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace and Lacework (Textiles)
DEF

A lace made by hand, rather than by machine.

CONT

Today, lace is most often mass-produced, but fine handmade lace can fetch hundreds of dollars per yard.

Key term(s)
  • hand-made lace

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles, tulles et guipures (Textiles)
CONT

La dentelle du Bedfordshire [...] a complètement changée au milieu du 19e siècle avec l'arrivée des machines qui permettaient de travailler plus vite sur le filet que la dentelle faite à la main.

OBS

Les dentelles à la main [...] sont uniquement l'œuvre d'artisans professionnels ou d'amateurs qualifiés.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Product (Marketing)
  • Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
  • Commerce

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
  • Sculpture
OBS

The sculpture is made of wood, fiber skin, hand-made paper, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
  • Sculpture
OBS

Proposition d'un spécialiste de l'Institut canadien de conservation.

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

The manipulated, artificially created landscape of the face of the Earth, including farms, ranches, estates, roads, cities, gardens, parks, pastures, and other areas.

OBS

Man-made landscape is always an expression of society, culture, and local geography, and is traditionally the basic area of concern for the landscape architect. The cultural landscape may also be the larger, regional landscape in which a society traditionally finds its home, develops its myths, and imagines its future.

CONT

Combinations of the three main plant types--trees, shrubs, and groundcovers--are found everywhere in nature, but the lack of any one of them from the scene, especially in "hand-made" landscapes, can create a genuine sense of omission. This reaction suggests keeping the plant trio together in some form or other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

Paysage aménagé par l'homme en vue de le mettre à sa convenance.

CONT

La géographie humaine, quant à elle, a de même sectorialisé l'appréhension des paysages humanisés, en études de l'habitat rural et en celle des structures agraires, par exemple, et, en milieu urbain, n'a pas semblé sensibilisée aux faits d'ordre paysagique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura paisajista
CONT

Paisaje natural, paisaje humanizado. Muchas veces hemos leído que el paisaje natural es aquel que no ha sido modificado por el trabajo del hombre; mientras que el que si lo ha sido es humanizado para diferenciarlo del primero.

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Record 7 2008-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

A paper made sheet by sheet by manually dipping a special screen wire mold in a vat containing pulp stock and allowing the water to drain away by gravity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
CONT

Papier à la cuve : synonyme de papier à la forme, c'est-à-dire fabriqué manuellement à l'aide d'une forme que l'on plonge dans la cuve pleine de pâte-à-papier.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Sports (General)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
CONT

A good pair of Cree mocassins made of moose hide and a set of hand-made Ojibway snowshoes made up my sole form of transportation for a number of years on the trapline my buddy and I ran after school and on weekends.

OBS

The are three types of snowshoes. They are Bear Paw, Michigan, and Ojibway. The Bear Paw is a rounded shoe. The Michigan is a long one, and the Ojibway is more for breaking through brush rather than just snow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports divers (Généralités)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
OBS

CATI 76 10. 12 x 60 po & illustration.

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

[A product] made by means of a machine.

OBS

An opposition to hand-made.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
OBS

Produit fait par des moyens mécaniques.

OBS

Par opposition à la fabrication à la main.

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

[A bulky] paper with a natural rough finish, similar to the finish of uncalendered hand-made paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Papier bouffant, à gros grain, dont l'apprêt est semblable à celui du papier à la cuve non calandré.

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Textile Industries
Key term(s)
  • hand-made cottage industry products

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Industries du textile
Key term(s)
  • produits de fabrication artisanale faits à la main

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Industrias textiles
Key term(s)
  • productos de fabricación artesanal hechos a mano
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Record 12 2002-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
Key term(s)
  • handmade
  • hand-made

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Source(s) : Lexique Douanes et Accise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 13 2001-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Meats and Meat Industries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

A frame with transverse bars to which a fine mesh wire is sewn and through which the stock drains when making hand-made paper. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

wire mould: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Cadre muni de traverses sur lesquelles est fixée une toile métallique à mailles fines et sur lequel la pâte s'égoutte lors de la fabrication manuelle du papier. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

forme : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 15 1993-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Processing
CONT

... due to the nature of their use, [submersible pumps] had heavy ornate castings and were hand-made units.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation des métaux
CONT

[...] en raison de leur vocation, ces pompes étaient fabriquées à la main à partir de pièces coulées massives de dessin complexe.

Spanish

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Record 16 1992-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing Techniques and Stitching

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'exécution et points de couture

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

Fumer des rouleuses

Spanish

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Record 18 1985-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Articles - Various (Manufacture)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Petits articles divers (Fabrication)
OBS

plastique , résine, caoutchouc NDB

Spanish

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Record 19 1984-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
CONT

Only soft rice paper such as mulberry paper is absorbent enough to be used for stone cut.

OBS

Paper from the paper mulberry, defined in the Dictionary of Paper, 1980, p. 297, as "a small tree(Broussonetia papyrifera) of the Far East whose bast fiber from the inner bark is of considerable importance in the manufacture of special papers, especially hand-made papers. It is also known as kozo".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
OBS

Type de papier provenant du mûrier à papier.

Spanish

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Record 20 1981-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

Calotypes, also called Talbotypes, after William Henry Fox Talbot who first described them in England in January of 1839, are paper positive prints. A sheet of hand-made writing or drawing paper was dipped into a solution of ordinary salt, sodium chloride, and wiped dry; thus they are sometimes called "salted prints".

Key term(s)
  • salted print

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Image photographique obtenue par CALOTYPIE.

CONT

Négatif sur papier, le calotype se reconnaît aisément.

Key term(s)
  • papier salé
  • talbotype

Spanish

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Record 21 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewing (General)
  • Sewing Patterns
  • Sewing Techniques and Stitching
OBS

a hand-made, or worked, buttonhole is finished with a buttonhole stitch, which keeps the cut edge of the opening from raveling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Couture (Généralités)
  • Patrons (Couture)
  • Techniques d'exécution et points de couture
OBS

les boutonnières brodées sont des fentes coupées sur double épaisseur et travaillées au point de boutonnière.

Spanish

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