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  2. Jagged Edge (film) - Wikipedia

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    Jagged Edge is a 1985 American neo-noir [1] legal thriller film written by Joe Eszterhas, and directed by Richard Marquand, the last of his films to be released during his lifetime. The film stars Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote and Robert Loggia. A lawyer reluctantly takes the case of a man accused of killing his wife, but remains ...

  3. Cryptic crossword - Wikipedia

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    A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.

  4. Umbra, penumbra and antumbra - Wikipedia

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    An alternative definition is that the penumbra is the region where some or all of the light source is obscured (i.e., the umbra is a subset of the penumbra). For example, NASA 's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility defines that a body in the umbra is also within the penumbra.

  5. Zigzag - Wikipedia

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    Pinking shears are designed to cut cloth or paper with a zigzag edge, to lessen fraying. [2] In sewing, a zigzag stitch is a machine stitch in a zigzag pattern. [3] The zigzag arch is an architectural embellishment used in Islamic, Byzantine, Norman and Romanesque architecture. [4] [5]

  6. Brocken spectre - Wikipedia

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    A Brocken spectre within glory rings. A Brocken spectre (British English; American spelling: Brocken specter; German: Brockengespenst), also called Brocken bow, mountain spectre, or spectre of the Brocken is the magnified (and apparently enormous) shadow of an observer cast in mid air upon any type of cloud opposite a strong light source.

  7. Edged and bladed weapons - Wikipedia

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    An edged weapon, [1] or bladed weapon, is a hand-to-hand combat weapon with a cutting edge. [2] Bladed weapons include swords , daggers , knives , and bayonets . Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing.

  8. Singer Brandon Casey, one member of the R&B group Jagged Edge, is opening up about almost losing his life in a horrific car crash that sent him to the ICU.Casey, 48, took to Instagram on Tuesday ...

  9. Hard and soft light - Wikipedia

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    The focused light will produce harder-edged shadows. Focusing a Fresnel lens makes the rays of emitted light more parallel. The parallelism of these rays determines the quality of the shadows. For shadows with no transitional edge/gradient, a point light source is required. Hard light casts strong, well defined shadows.