A Turk's head knot, sometimes known as a sailor's knot, is a decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands forming a closed loop. The name...
4 KB (595 words) - 22:44, 31 October 2024
Turk's Head (French: Tête de turc – the expression also has the colloquial meaning of 'scapegoat' or 'fall guy' in French) is a 2010 French thriller film...
7 KB (706 words) - 13:23, 31 October 2024
known as Turk's Head Melocactus, or Turk's cap cactus Echinocactus horizonthalonius, or Turk's head cactus Ferocactus hamatacanthus, or Turk's head This disambiguation...
587 bytes (106 words) - 08:35, 27 November 2022
"Turk's head broom". The name has long been in use for this type of brush, so named because its cleaning end resembles a "wild" head of hair. Turk's head...
3 KB (355 words) - 22:58, 2 March 2024
The Turk's Head Building is a 16-story office high-rise in Providence, Rhode Island. When completed in 1913, the Turk's Head Building surpassed the 1901...
5 KB (530 words) - 18:34, 19 September 2024
Okolicsányi The Pótsa Schwarzenberg family arms, with a crow pecking at a Turk's head Arms of the town of Orlík nad Vltavou, Czech Republic Arms of the town...
3 KB (283 words) - 06:33, 3 November 2024
beginning with Turk Turkmen (disambiguation) Turk's Head (disambiguation) Turck (disambiguation) Turku, a city in Finland Mechanical Turk or The Turk, a fraudulent...
3 KB (375 words) - 00:49, 7 December 2024
Echinocactus horizonthalonius (redirect from Turk's-head cactus)
species of cactus known by several common names, including devilshead, turk's head cactus, blue barrel cactus, eagle's claw, horse maimer, horse crippler...
6 KB (519 words) - 17:22, 25 September 2024
intortus, also known as the Turk's head cactus, is a species of cactus endemic to the Caribbean. The Turks Islands in the Turks and Caicos are named after...
2 KB (144 words) - 03:29, 29 September 2024
blindfolded in the arms of Sardinia Seven human heads in the coat of arms of Nurmijärvi A Turk's head cabossed, pigtailed and moustached sable, transfixed...
10 KB (1,237 words) - 02:23, 21 October 2024
Melocactus (redirect from Turk's-cap cactus)
Melocactus (melon cactus), also known as the Turk's head cactus, Turk's cap cactus, or Pope's head cactus, is a genus of cactus with about 30–40 species...
11 KB (377 words) - 06:27, 29 September 2024
superficially resembles a Turk's-head. Like the Turk's-head, the knot is tied with a single strand, but here the resemblance ceases. The Turk's-head diagram consists...
7 KB (969 words) - 01:27, 23 October 2024
carved head. More commonly though warranted leaders trained to Gilwell Woggle standard are allowed to wear the "traditional" leather Turk's head woggle...
11 KB (1,263 words) - 22:32, 25 March 2024
The term "bight" is also used in a more specific way when describing Turk's head knots, indicating how many repetitions of braiding are made in the circuit...
5 KB (635 words) - 20:12, 10 April 2021
overhand loop, reef knot, running bowline, single hitch, thief knot, Turk's head knot, and two half-hitches. The eleven main knots of Chinese knotting...
33 KB (4,282 words) - 02:29, 1 November 2024
in the Turk's Head Bagnio in Bow Street, Covent Garden, identified by a bill on the floor by the upturned table on the left. The Turk's Head actually...
4 KB (593 words) - 15:00, 27 May 2023
Steam mop Strigil Swiffer Tawashi Thor washing machine Tongue cleaner Turk's head brush Vacuum cleaner Vacuum truck Vapor steam cleaner Wash rack Washing...
1 KB (131 words) - 15:48, 12 November 2024
Ferocactus hamatacanthus, commonly named Turk's Head, is a barrel cactus in the tribe Cacteae. Ferocactus hamatacanthus forms to be solitary, usually...
7 KB (539 words) - 08:20, 17 January 2024
are tied in opposite directions. This knot is often confused with a Turk's head knot, as both knots have a basket weave pattern. A Manrope knot(Double...
5 KB (603 words) - 11:57, 22 March 2024
The Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the political leader and head of government. The post of premier is the equivalent to chief minister or...
11 KB (274 words) - 14:28, 1 December 2024
in the films Les Enfants de Timpelbach (2008), The Round Up (2010), Turk's Head (2010), Chez Gino (2011), Carré blanc (2011), Pieces of Me (2012) and...
61 KB (3,773 words) - 14:59, 22 December 2024
Cow hitch (redirect from Lark's head)
The cow hitch, also called the lark's head, is a hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object. The cow hitch comprises a pair of single hitches tied in...
6 KB (791 words) - 11:18, 1 June 2024
around an object Square lashing – used to bind poles together Square Turk's head – decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands, forming...
27 KB (4,057 words) - 09:49, 4 October 2024
patterns Khachkars Knot garden Knot (mathematics) Oseberg style Triquetra Turk's head knot Trilling, James (2001). The Language of Ornament. World of Art....
8 KB (715 words) - 04:19, 6 November 2024
Cotton Cay (category Turks Islands)
cotton and sisal were once raised here. Echinocactus horizonthalonius (Turk's Head cactuses), which are uncommon on the main islands in the country, are...
1 KB (105 words) - 00:14, 3 October 2023
Erebus Bay (redirect from Turks Head Bay)
Features on the north shore include Tryggve Point and Turks Head, on either side of Turks Head Bay. The Erebus Glacier Tongue extends into the central...
7 KB (987 words) - 08:02, 17 December 2024
arbitrarily long mat. In its basic form it is the same as a 3-lead, 4-bight Turk's head knot. The basic carrick mat, made with two passes of rope, also forms...
4 KB (212 words) - 08:53, 4 September 2021
arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands are blazoned as follows: Or in chief a Queen Conch Shell and a Spiny Lobster and in base a Turk's Head Cactus proper;...
9 KB (758 words) - 23:56, 10 November 2024
post office and general store and a gift shop. It also has a pub (the Turk's Head) and a cafe, although these are closed in the winter. The main population...
18 KB (1,998 words) - 10:33, 10 November 2024
Cape Evans (redirect from Turks Head)
include North Bay, South Bay, Cape Evans Hut, Tryggve Point, Turks Head Bay, Turks Head, Inaccessible Island, Tent Island, Dellbridge Island, Little Razorback...
7 KB (1,027 words) - 15:39, 14 February 2024