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Tea saucer is a small plate with an indentation for a cup and a diameter of 6 inches (15 cm). A demi-tasse saucer, or coffee saucer is 4.5 inches (11 cm) in diameter. Soup plate has a diameter of 9 inches (23 cm), [7] a much deeper well and wide rim ("lip"). If the lip is lacking, as often seen in contemporary tableware, it is a "soup bowl".
Jack of plate in the form of a fabric doublet, quilted with iron plates. The doublet has a pronounced peas cod at the front, a standing collar, short caps over the shoulders and a short skirt divided at the rear, at the waist. The doublet is compsed of numerous layers of canvas with a layer of plates each of them about 38mm square, with a central hole and clipped corners. The plates are ...
Julian Schnabel. Julian Schnabel (born October 26, 1951) is an American painter and filmmaker. In the 1980s, he received international attention for his "plate paintings" — with broken ceramic plates set onto large-scale paintings. Since the 1990s, he has been a proponent of independent arthouse cinema. Schnabel directed Before Night Falls ...
The Union Jack is the third quarter of the 1939 coat of arms of Alabama, which is used on the flag of the governor of Alabama, representing British sovereignty over the state prior to 1783. The version used is the modern flag, whereas the 1707 flag would have been used in colonial Alabama.
e. John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; [nb 1] October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering ...
A jack or jack of plate is a type of armour comprising small iron plates sewn between layers of felt and canvas. The jack is similar to the brigandine. The main difference is in the method of construction: a brigandine is riveted whereas a jack is sewn. Jacks of plate were created by stitching small overlapping squares of iron in between two canvases. The garments weighed about 17 pounds ...
Noun [ edit] jack of plate (plural jacks of plate) A type of armour for the torso, made up of small iron plates sewn between layers of felt and canvas. Categories: English lemmas. English nouns. English countable nouns. English multiword terms. en:Armor.
