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• Cloth merchant — s Shop, Brooklyn Museum Cloth merchant is, strictly speaking, like a draper, the term for any vendor of cloth. However, it is generally used for one who owned and/or ran a cloth (often wool) manufacturing and/or wholesale import and/or export… …   Wikipedia

• cross-stitch — cross ,stitch noun uncount the activity of creating pictures or writing on cloth using a needle and THREAD to make stitches that are shaped like the letter X ╾ cross ,stitch verb intransitive or transitive …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Cross-stitch — This article is about the embroidery style called cross stitch or counted cross stitch. For specific crossed stitches used in needlework, see cross stitches. Cross stitch sampler, Germany, 1735. Cross stitch is a popular form of counted thread… …   Wikipedia

• Cross in Christian Art — The cross, with reference to Christ s passion event, is not found in Christian art in the first centuries. Death by crucifixion was infinitely more painful and degrading than is hanging or electrocution. During the first Christian centuries, the… …   Wikipedia

• Cross stitches — This article is about the cross shaped stitches. For the embroidery style called cross stitch or counted cross stitch, see Cross stitch. Detail of cross stitch embroidery from Sweden …   Wikipedia

• Cross and pile — Pile Pile, n. [F. pile, L. pila a pillar, a pier or mole of stone. Cf. {Pillar}.] 1. A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood. [1913 Webster] 2. A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cross-patch —    Applied to an ill tempered person since the eighteenth century. The word ‘patch’ had earlier been used of an ill natured person, especially a child. This use of ‘patch’ is thought to derive from the nickname of Cardinal Wolsey’s domestic fool… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• Altar cloth — Altar covered with white altar cloths. An (altar cloth) is used by various religious groups to cover an altar. Christianity, ancient Judaism, and Buddhism are among the world religions that use altar cloths. Because many altars are made of wood… …   Wikipedia

• Aida cloth — is an open weave, even weave fabric traditionally used for cross stitch embroidery. This cotton fabric has a natural grid that facilitates cross stitching and enough natural stiffness that the crafter does not need to use an embroidery hoop.… …   Wikipedia

• Archaeology of the Cross and Crucifix —     Archæology of the Cross and Crucifix     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archæology of the Cross and Crucifix     I. PRIMITIVE CRUCIFORM SIGNS     The sign of the cross, represented in its simplest form by a crossing of two lines at right angles,… …   Catholic encyclopedia