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TOG Y4 W7 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cashmere | yarn, fabric, or garments made from the fine, downy wool at the roots of the hair of Kashmir goats [Kashmir is a beautiful region of central Asia primarily located in northern India, but also extending into Pakistan and China |
| Cheviot | (shev-ee-ut) a woolen fabric in a coarse twill weave; used to make coats and suits; made from the short, thick wool of the hornless sheep raised in Great Britain's Cheviot Hills |
| Embroidery | 1) the art of embellishing or ornamenting a fabric with raised designs using silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other threads, with a needle; needlework; 2) the products of this art |
| Flannel | a soft, warm fabric of wool (or wool and another fiber), used for clothing Gingham |
| Herringbone | a type of twill (diagonal) weave having a pattern of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines (often black-onwhite), where any two lines together form either a V or an upside-down V; often used in textiles, embroidery, etc |
| Organdy | a stiff, transparent fabric of cotton or silk, used for trim, curtains, and light clothing |
| Percale | a closely woven cotton fabric used for sheets and clothing |
| Serge | a twilled cloth of worsted (firmly twisted wool thread) or worsted and wool, often used for suits |
| Voile | a light, plain-weave, sheer fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool used especially for making dresses and curtains |
| Amendment | a change or addition to a law, bill, constitution, etc |
| Anarchist | a person who desires and works to violently overturn all forms and institutions of society and government, without replacing them with new ways of keeping order. Anarchists are anti-government |
| Bigotry | inflexible, rigid, and complete intolerance of anything that differs from one's own type or set of beliefs, be that skin color, opinion, religion, language, etc. Bigotry is intimately tied to prejudice and discrimination |
| Bootlegger | one who unlawfully makes, sells, or transports alcoholic liquor, without registering or paying of taxes (or in defiance of Prohibition) |
| Communism (lower-case) | a theory of government or society in which actual ownership of property is given to the community as a whole or to the state; also called Marxism. (See Communism (capitalized) in Week 13). |
| Prohibition | 1) a law or decree that forbids something; 2) the period in US history (1920-1933) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force, making the manufacturing, transportation, and selling of alcoholic beverages illegal |
| Ratify | to confirm something formally (often a Constitutional Amendment) by expressing approval or consent |
| Speakeasy | a saloon or nightclub that sells illegal alcoholic beverages; these were especially common during Prohibition |
| Suffrage | the right or privilege of voting |
| Temperance | 1) self-control, moderation, or self-restraint; 2) complete refusal to drink alcoholic beverages |
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