Términos

Style of Chinese script that is the most unrestricted among cursive scripts, first seen in the 8th century CE. It is so named because it features writing in fast speed, linking strokes and characters together. In addition, the characters are sometimes greatly varied in size and shape. It is particularly valued for its untrammeled and uninhibited quality.

A genre of graffiti art with interlocking, highly stylized and often cryptic lettering.

In pricing studies, largest amount of money that a defined number of consumers is prepared to pay for a product or service.

Pequeños tapones de madera con un agujero para soplar en la parte superior, utilizados para encerrar y apoyar la caña de algunos aerófanos de lengüeta simple o doble.

Keys that fit into the winding sockets of phonographs.

Se refiere al estilo y cultura Neolítico que lleva el nombre del túmulo redondo cerca de Avebury, Wiltshire, Inglaterra. Se caracteriza por los campos terraplenados y la cerámica distintiva que está entre las más antiguas encontradas en Gran Bretaña.

Decorative mouldings, usually mass-produced, for placement above windows.

People or corporate bodies who make windows; often, but not always, refers to makers of stained glass windows. To distinguish makers of stained glass windows, use "stained glass artists."

Alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes. The term has been used for beverages made from other fermented plants.

Bars or counters in clubs, shops, or elsewhere where wine is kept or sold, usually a licensed establishment specializing in the serving of wine, often accompanied by food offerings.

Carts in which wine, in casks or bottles, is conveyed for serving, sale, or another purpose.

An alcoholic beverage made by mixing wine with fruit juice, and frequently also soda water and sugar; served chilled.

Axes of the middle bronze age, with L-shaped handles, and similar to palstave axes but with wider, cast-on flanges. As these flanges evolved they wrapped around the handle to hold it in place. Often these also exhibit cast-on loops to which thongs were tied to secure the blade.

Describe obras creadas por africanos de mismo nombre que viven en Burkina Faso, un subgrupo de los Gurunsi.

Culture of a Siouan-speaking tribe of Native Americans, native to the present-day states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and parts of Iowa and Illinois. The two remaining federally recognized are the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

General term for devices used for winnowing, which is separating grain from the lighter chaff or other refuse matter, by using a current of air, agitation, gravity, or other means to make the separation. Devices may range from a simple woven basket to a mechanized device.

General term for mechanical devices for separating grain from the chaff; may be hand-operated or use another source of power.

General term for various manual devices used to separate grain from the chaff by use of a screen.