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  2. Height - Wikipedia

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    The English-language word high is derived from Old English hēah, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *xauxa-z, from a PIE base *keuk-.The derived noun height, also the obsolete forms heighth and highth, is from Old English híehþo, later héahþu, as it were from Proto-Germanic *xaux-iþa.

  3. List of hat styles - Wikipedia

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    A tall cylindrical military cap, usually with a visor, badge, and plume. Shovel hat: A hat with low, round crown and a wide brim, which projected in a shovel-like curve at the front and rear and was often worn turned up at the sides. Formerly associated with the Anglican clergy. Shtreimel: A fur hat worn by married Hassidic men on Shabbat and ...

  4. Tall - Wikipedia

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    Tall may also refer to: Places. Tall, Semnan, a village in Semnan Province of Iran; River Tall, a river in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom;

  5. Cyperus eragrostis - Wikipedia

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    Cyperus eragrostis is an herbaceous perennial growing from rhizomes.It is a green sedge with tall, erect stems, 10–90 centimetres (3.9–35.4 in) in height. Long, thin, pointed leaves radiate from the top, similar to parasol ribs.

  6. Pointed hat - Wikipedia

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    This very tall, tapering hat was first worn in medieval times. Its name comes from the loaves into which sugar was formed at that time. [19] The sugar loaf hat is a kind of early top hat ending in a slightly rounded conical top. [20] Tantour: Similar to the hennin, this woman's headdress was popular in the Eastern Mediterranean during the 19th ...

  7. Short stature - Wikipedia

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    In popular culture, the Napoleon complex, also known as "Napoleon syndrome" and "short man syndrome", is a purported condition normally attributed to people of short stature, with overly aggressive or domineering social behavior, and is named after Napoleon Bonaparte, the first Emperor of the French, who was estimated to have been 5' 2" tall ...

  8. Glossary of shapes with metaphorical names - Wikipedia

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    Gaussian curve with a two-dimensional domain. Many shapes have metaphorical names, i.e., their names are metaphors: these shapes are named after a most common object that has it.

  9. Tell (archaeology) - Wikipedia

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    Tell Barri, northeastern Syria, from the west; this is 32 meters (105 feet) high, and its base covers 37 hectares (91 acres) Tel Be'er Sheva, Beersheva, Israel. In archaeology, a tell (from Arabic: تَلّ, tall, 'mound' or 'small hill') [1] is an artificial topographical feature, a mound [a] consisting of the accumulated and stratified debris of a succession of consecutive settlements at the ...