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(Encyclopedia) paper, thin, flat sheet or tissue made usually from plant fiber but also from rags and other fibrous materials. It is used principally for printing and writing on but has many other…paper birch
(Encyclopedia) paper birch: see birch.paper nautilus
(Encyclopedia) paper nautilus or argonaut, pelagic, surface-dwelling cephalopod mollusk of the genus Argonauta. Like the closely related octopus, the paper nautilus has a rounded body, eight…commercial paper
(Encyclopedia) commercial paper, type of short-term negotiable instrument, usually an unsecured promissory note, that calls for the payment of money at a specified date. Because it is not backed by…The Federalist Papers: The Federalist Papers
by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayThe Federalist Papers The Federalist Papers were a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between…The Federalist Papers
Contents Federalist No. 1 Federalist No. 2 Federalist No. 3 Federalist No. 4 Federalist No. 5 Federalist No. 6 Federalist No. 7 Federalist No. 8 Federalist No. 9 Federalist No. 10 Federalist…Brewer's: Paper
So called from the papyrus or Egyptian reed used at one time for the manufacture of a writing material. Bryan Donkin, in 1803, perfected a machine for making a sheet of paper to any…rice-paper plant
(Encyclopedia) rice-paper plant: see ginseng.Brewer's: Cartridge Paper
was originally manufactured for soldiers' cartridges. The word is a corruption of cartouche, from carta (paper). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Hand Paper
A particular sort of paper well known in the Record Office, and so called from its water-mark, which goes back to the fifteenth century. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Trending
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