1) Abercrombie design 2) Clan badge 3) Clan cloth 4) Clan design 5) Clan emblem 6) Clan identifier 7) Clan identity 8) Clan pattern 9) Clan symbol 10) Clan wear 11) Cloth 12) Dundee design 13) Fabric 14) Flan gets a new pattern 15) French word used in English 16) Highlander pattern 17) Highlands pattern
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1) Chequered 2) Plaid
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Tartan is made with alternating bands of coloured (pre-dyed) threads woven as both warp and weft at right angles to each other. The weft is woven in a simple twill, two over – two under the warp, advancing one thread each pass. This forms visible diagonal lines where different colours cross, which give the appearance of new colours blended from ...
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[Assyrian] A Tartan ({Hebrew name|תַּרְתָּן}; Θαρθαν; Tharthan), Aramaic: ܬܵܪܬܵܢ Tartan; was the commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army. In the Bible, the Assyrian king sends a Tartan with two other officials to deliver a threatening message to Jerusalem, and Sargon II, the king of Assyria, sends a Tartan who takes Ash...
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• (n.) Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern. • (n.) A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.Tarta...
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(from the article `Mesopotamia, history of`) ...Equally important was the installation in conquered areas of a highly developed civil service under the leadership of trained officers. The ...
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cross-checkered repeating pattern (or `sett`) of different coloured bands, stripes, or lines of definite width and sequence, woven into woolen cloth ... [2 related articles]
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A two-way even plaid twill, usually of wool, and since the 18th Century frequently designating particular Scottish clans.
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a commercial beer
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Woollen cloth woven in specific chequered patterns individual to Scottish clans, with stripes of different widths and colours crisscrossing on a coloured background; it is used in making skirts,...
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Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colours, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern. 'MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make it, when it does not warm to the tartan.' (Sir W. Scott) 'The sight of the tartan inflamed the populace...
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Specific plaid patterns belonging to Scottish family clans.
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Tar'tan noun [ French
tiretane linsey- woolsey, akin to Spanish
tiritaña a sort of thin silk; confer Spanish
tiritar to shiver or shake with cold.] Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pa...
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Tartan is a woollen cloth with stripes of various colours crossing at right angles especially in the distinctive pattern of a Highland clan or regiment, and also by Welsh families.
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a fabric, originally a woollen 2/2 twill worn by Scottish Highlanders, woven in checks of various colours.
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n] - a cloth having a crisscross design
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plaid noun a cloth having a crisscross design
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Woollen cloth woven in specific chequered patterns individual to Scottish clans, with stripes of different widths and colours crisscrossing on a coloured background; it is used in making skirts, kilts, trousers, and other articles of clothing. Developed in the 17th century, tartan was banned after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, and not legalized ...
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