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A stack of quern-stones for sale in a market in Haikou, Hainan, China. These quern-stones are only about 30 cm wide. Quern stones’ ubiquity led to ancillary uses. For example, DeBoer, in his review of the traditional gambling games of North American tribes, reports that one of the games involved bouncing a group of split canes off a quern. [14]
Adrachti (Greek: Αδράχτι) is a rock in the Meteora rock formation complex of Thessaly, Greece. [3]Due to its long, thin shape, it is sometimes called the "Spindle".In clockwise order, starting from the north, it is surrounded by Sourloti, Modi, Alysos, Agia, and Pyxari rocks.
[9] [16] Such an animal was cherished, and was not for sale. [16] [25] The spirit of the animal zduhać would leave its body in sleep and fight against the enemy zduhaći, to protect its own flock or herd. Only the fertility of the livestock depended on the outcome of the battles fought by the animal zduhaći; they had no bearing on the crop yield.
A machine tool may have several spindles, such as the headstock and tailstock spindles on a bench lathe. The main spindle is usually the biggest one. References to "the spindle" without further qualification imply the main spindle. Some machine tools that specialize in high-volume mass production have a group of 4, 6, or even more main spindles.
A spindle whorl is a weighted object fitted to a spindle to help maintain the spindle's speed of rotation while spinning yarn. History A spindle whorl may be a disk ...
The cellular spindle apparatus includes the spindle microtubules, associated proteins, which include kinesin and dynein molecular motors, condensed chromosomes, and any centrosomes or asters that may be present at the spindle poles depending on the cell type. [4] The spindle apparatus is vaguely ellipsoid in cross
Meteora by night. The Meteora (/ ˌ m ɛ t i ˈ ɔːr ə /; [1] Greek: Μετέωρα, pronounced) is a rock formation in the regional unit of Trikala, in Thessaly, in northwestern Greece, hosting one of the most prominent complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, viewed locally as second in importance only to Mount Athos. [2]
"Near the red spindle of Covert's ledges, just off Witch Island," Chittenden says, "Capt. Thomas Brackett, Capt. Fred Brackett, with Capt. Lon Blaisdell, sighted a school of horse mackerel. They are old time fisherman and had their experience as boys out of the harbor at Round Pond. Grabbing a harpoon, they picked out the monstrous leader of ...