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Hide: Camouflaged barrier used by natural history and wildlife photographers.

Horsehide: Refers to a baseball, which is now made from the material.

Hidey: An odor taint that gives the coffee beans a tallowy and leather-like odor. Result of a breakdown of fats in the coffee beans, due to an excessive amount of heat applied in the drying process . . . View Full Definition

Arras: In Renaissance drama, a hanging tapestry or a curtain that covered a part of the frons scenae. It hid the discovery space and may have draped around the stage's edge to hide the open area un . . . View Full Definition

Archetype: Something in the world, and described in literature, that, according to the psychologist karl jung, manifests a dominant theme in the collective unconscious of human beings. Northrop frye in . . . View Full Definition

Comedy Of Innocence: (1) In anthropological terms, a comedy of innocence is a ritualized symbolic behavior (or set of such behaviors) designed to alleviate individual or communal guilt about an execution or sacr . . . View Full Definition

Apostrophe : An address to a dead or absent person or personification as if he or she were present.

Bel Inconnu: (The Fair Unknown,' from Breton French le bel inconnu) A motif common to fairy tales, folklore and medieval Romance in which the protagonist's identity remains unknown until some suitably dr . . . View Full Definition

Frame Sliders: Many motorcycles have Engine Guards to protect the bike should it fall over. These are billed as Engine Guards but sometimes they are referred to as Crash Bars. We don't want to emphasize cr . . . View Full Definition

Intermediate Agricultural Products: Generally refers to agricultural products that have a higher per-unit value than bulk commodities: they are often partly processed but not necessarily ready for the consumers. Examples might . . . View Full Definition