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  2. Gossamer fabric - Wikipedia

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    Detail of pleated gown made of gossamer. Still from the film The Queen of Sheba (1921) with actress Betty Blythe in a gossamer top. Gossamer fabric is a thin, sheer woven fabric. The structure of the fabric is similar to a gauze. It is usually made of silk, cotton, or wool. The fabric may be coated with rubber to make it waterproof. [1] [2] [3]

  3. Ballooning (spider) - Wikipedia

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    Ballooning, sometimes called kiting, is a process by which spiders, and some other small invertebrates, move through the air by releasing one or more gossamer threads to catch the wind, causing them to become airborne at the mercy of air currents and electric fields. A 2018 study concluded that electric fields provide enough force to lift ...

  4. Spider silk - Wikipedia

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    Indian Summer by Józef Chełmoński (1875, National Museum in Warsaw) depicts a peasant woman with a thread of gossamer in her hand. Spider silk is a protein fibre or silk spun by spiders . Spiders use silk to make webs or other structures that function as adhesive traps to catch prey, to entangle and restrain prey before biting, to transmit ...

  5. Gossamer - Wikipedia

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    The Gossamer Project (or Gossamer Archive), a large X-Files fan fiction archive; Gossamer (Looney Tunes), a character in the Looney Tunes cartoons; Gossamer, alias of two different DC Comics superheroes, Ayla Ranzz and Jay Nakamura

  6. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    The chain thread is the carrier in which the coloured striking thread is woven. In this way, a colourful pattern or image is created. Most weavers use a naturally based chain thread made out of linen or wool. The striking threads can be made out of silk, wool, gold or silver, but can also be made out of any form of textile. tarlatan

  7. Chemical Agents Warning Latency Initial Symptoms Properties ...

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    Chemical Agents Warning Properties Latency Period Initial Symptoms Blister Agents Lewisite Gas: colorless Odor: geraniums Seconds to minutes

  8. Gossamer (Looney Tunes) - Wikipedia

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    Gossamer is an animated character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is a large, hairy, orange [ 5 ] or red [ 6 ] [ 7 ] monster. His body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth, with two hulking arms ending in dirty, clawed fingers.

  9. How Daniel Franzese, Damian from 'Mean Girls,' helped ... - AOL

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    Daniel Franzese role as Damian Leigh in Tina Fey's 2004 "Mean Girls," starring Lindsay Lohan, became culturally iconic.