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Look up: Tunic

  1. Tunic
    A tunic was an ancient Greek and then Roman short-sleeved body garment reaching to the knees. Today the term applies more generally to a close-fitting short coat of a police or military uniform.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. tunic
    [n] - an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue 2. [n] - any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. tunic
    <botany> Thin membranous or fibrous outer layers of a bulb or corm. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. tunic
    tunica noun an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. tunic
    noun any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Tunic
    The `tunic` (Latin `tunica`) was a garment commonly worn by males in Greco-Roman civilizations. It was worn by citizens and non-citizens alike; citizens, though, would wear it under the toga, especially at formal occasions. The length of the garment, the presence or lack of stripes, as well as their width and ornamentation, would indicate the wearer's status in Roman society. Soldiers, slaves and manual workers generally had tunics to a little ab...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunic

  7. tunic
    (too´nik) a covering or coat.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  8. Tunic
    • (n.) See Mantle, n., 3 (a). • (n.) A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed. • (n.) A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye. • (n.) Same as Tunicle. • (n.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reach...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. tunic
    (from the article `tunicate`) Adult members are commonly embedded in a tough secreted tunic containing cellulose (a glucose polysaccharide not normally found in animals). The less ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/92

  10. tunic
    basic garment worn by men and women in the ancient Mediterranean world. It was fashioned from two pieces of linen sewn up the sides and across the ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/92

  11. tunic
    Coat or covering; one of the enveloping layers of a part, especially one of the coats of a blood vessel or other tubular structure. See Also: layer Syn: tunica [L. tunica]
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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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