moire

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'Mémoire, histoire et droit', respectively in Le Monde of October 10 and 15, 2008.

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  1. noun A watered or moiré fabric.

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  • Artfully positioned tables and chairs and settee were all reproduction Herfal style, with sharp curves and metal-moire legs—a popular fad three centuries ago. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • She chose a very lovely grey moire which Madame admired and which passed over the heads of the buyers. —  The Fashion in Shrouds - Margery Allingham - Campion 10
  • The Guth process allows imperceptible blending instead of the ordinary pattern or moire, which eliminates blurring through much more accurate registration, and makes possible more faithful color reproduction than any other engraving process known. —  Galaxy, October, 1950 - Vol.1 No.1
  • From there we went to the Governor's house, where we were greeted by his wife and daughter, the wife stiff in black moire (I mean the moire was stiff, not she). —  In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875
  • The purpose of the present article is to show that Selenium testing can be used effectively as an aide-mémoire, ensuring that we don't forget to put in features that will make our web sites more accessible and that we don't put in features that will make them less accessible. —  Hottest News Articles
 

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