Word: clothing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...very fine coating of shellac makes an excellent base. This should be put on the skis with a cloth (not a brush) in order to obtain an absolutely smooth surface...
Some skiers prefer a wax base. The best waxes for this purpose are: Ostvye, "glister," or "Skaresmoring." A fine coating should be applied, which must be rubbed into the wood with the hand, and then rubbed smooth with a cloth. It should be allowed to cool and harden before applying the surface...
...around me were steatopygous females busy with their knitting. A paunchy (is that the word?) old girl in the next seat was sewing, and punctuated Mr. DeVoto's remarks with horrible rippings. Every two minutes she ripped a piece of cloth, so help...
...lanital's "social representative" in the U. S. A familiar milk product is casein, of which in the U. S, alone 46,140,000 pounds were produced last year, mostly for the paper industry. Some 20 years ago a German chemist named Todtenhaupt made a weak wool-like cloth from casein. In 1935 an Italian, Commendatore Antonio Ferretti, improved the process, which was promptly commandeered by Mussolini as one way of combatting sanctions. Snia Viscosa is now turning out almost 10,000,000 pounds of lanital a year. Having practically the same chemical composition as wool, it is made...
...general that the Balinese have no word for it. Housewives prepare offerings to the gods in the form of sculptured food, with statues carved in gristle decorated with red peppers and lacy lining from the stomachs of hogs. The handles of daggers and the designs on native cloth show the same painstaking craft...