Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics. lithotint noun (n.) A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if ...
Tod is smitten with Faye, a callous vixen who beds not one, not two, not three, but four men and makes no bones about it. Not exactly a feminist, she is more concerned with rising to move star status at any cost. We meet Faye as she works as an extra in a lavish production. Sh...
Biofilms are intricately linked to the difficult healing and inflammatory dysregulation characteristic of chronic wounds. A suitable alternative to conventional methods, photothermal therapy (PTT) employs localized heat to break down biofilm structures. Infection-free survival Despite its potential, PTT's ...
Originally a passenger-vehicle drawn by two or four horses; it was introduced into London from Paris in 1820. The name was extended to hansoms and other types of carriages, then to similar-looking parts of locomotives (1851). It was applied especially to public horse carriages, then to aut...
He had seen this sort of verve before in a certain harmonica-playing boy. With each step, Fu Hua’s body slowed. With each swing, Fu Hua’s wounds worsened. Garuda’s restorative properties barely made a difference. But she did not stop. Like a moth after a flame. Kevin:…...
It’s funny that despite Rothfuss’s veneration of storytelling, that’s where his skills are weakest. Maybe it’s partly because in these seven chapters he was biding time before starting the actual story. However, 95% of the time, a writer who shows these types of weaknesses does not sh...
Wounds can be simulated using gelatine sacs of fake blood or pumps, by firing gelatine caps or blood-soaked swabs at stuntpeople, or by exploding small charges ("squibs") of blood and meat painted into or under the performers' clothes (an effect extensively used in The Wild Bunch , ...
Human beings are not the natural prey of tigers, and it is only when tigers have been (7)___ through wounds or old age that, in order to live, they are compelled to a diet of human flesh. They can no longer make a (8)___ of animal in (9)___ A tiger uses its teeth and...
It will take more than a museum to heal their wounds, but what a great start. Roughly half of the $219-million museum ($119 million) was funded by the federal government. Private contributions made up the rest of the funding. "Three tribes with thriving casino operations together raised $...
(Usha Kiran) also loves Raya but Raya has no feelings for Raina. One day in an accident Raya wounds a police man. Afraid, Raya leaves his village and goes to Bombay with Soni and Raina. Raya and Soni get married. But since Raya lives a luxurius life earlier he feels that it would ...