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STONE DEAD [6 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
DEF

A stone marking the head of a grave, and usually inscribed with the name, dates, etc., of the dead person.

OBS

The terms "tombstone" and "gravestone" are synonymous with "headstone" when referring to the erected stone at the head of the grave.

Key term(s)
  • tomb-stone
  • grave-stone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
DEF

Élément vertical destiné à recevoir les inscriptions, les décors et les ornements.

OBS

Au Canada, on utilise à tort le terme «monument funéraire» pour désigner la pierre tombale. Par ailleurs, la pierre placée horizontalement pour couvrir la sépulture est une dalle funéraire, et non pas une pierre tombale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
CONT

Burial methods-In many cultures, human corpses were usually buried in soil.... In modern times, the custom of burying dead people below ground, with a stone marker to indicate the burial place, is used in most cultures...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

Les différents modes de sépulture [...] sont les suivants : 1. inhumation des restes mortels (c'est l'inhumation sans crémation); 2. crémation [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

A perforated stone reported only from archaic sites in midwestern and eastern North America and having usually two symmetrical wings that was apparently used primarily as a weight attached to a throwing stick but doubtless had considerable ceremonial significance, having been often buried with the dead.

CONT

A specific type of oddly shaped weight, called a banner stone, served as a kind of silencer, stopping a hunter’s prey from being startled by the sound of the throw. Normally, an atlatl makes a distinctive ’zip’ sound when the dart is thrown. But a banner stone, extending sideways like wings on an aeroplane, again about halfway down the atlatl, seems to muffle this sound.

OBS

A banner stone is a particular type of atlatl weight.

Key term(s)
  • banner-stone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
CONT

Lest de propulseur en pierre polie. De tels lests étaient attachés au propulseur afin d'accroître la force de propulsion de la lance. Le trou nécessaire pour attacher le lest au propulseur était percé au moyen d'un foret à archet et au moyen d'une tige de roseau creuse, d'eau et d'un mélange abrasif de sable.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Curling
DEF

A moving rock that is touched by the broom or brush, the foot, or any part of the body or equipment of a sweeper; such a rock must be immediately removed from the game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Curling
DEF

Pierre en mouvement touchée par le balai, la brosse, le pied ou toute partie du corps ou de l'équipement d'un balayeur ou brosseur et qui doit être immédiatement retirée du jeu avant d'entrer en contact avec toute autre pierre.

Spanish

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Record 5 1997-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • National History
  • Historical Persons
  • Heritage
DEF

A stone, pillar, megalith, structure, building, or the like, erected in memory of the dead, an event, or an action.

DEF

[An] architectural or sculptural work specially intended to perpetuate the memory of a person or an event.

CONT

At the base of this monument to d’Arcy McGee sits an allegorical figure listening closely to the famed orator, journalist and poet who spoke of a Canada united in Confederation.

OBS

Term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoires nationales
  • Personnages historiques
  • Patrimoine
DEF

Ouvrage d'architecture ou sculpture spécialement destinés à perpétuer le souvenir d'une personne ou d'un événement.

CONT

Au pied du monument de d'Arcy McGee, un personnage allégorique assis écoute attentivement les discours célèbres de ce journaliste poète qui préconisa un Canada uni au sein d'une Confédération.

OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Historia nacional
  • Personajes históricos
  • Patrimonio
DEF

Cualquier construcción arquitectónica o escultórica, como obelisco, estatua, etc., que se erige para conmemorar algo o decorar un lugar.

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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