beaver, beavering man. How Those Colorful Azulejo Tiles Are Made

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Daniel Rodrigues for The New York Times

How Those Colorful Azulejo Tiles Are Made

A tradition dating back centuries survives in Portugal as artists and companies fill private and public commissions for the celebrated designs.那些色彩繽紛的阿蘇萊霍瓷磚是如何製成的

葡萄牙保留了一個可以追溯到幾個世紀前的傳統，藝術家和公司為著名的設計完成私人和公共委託。

BEAVER

BY

JOHN KETTELWELL

An Alphabet of typical Specimens, together with Notes and a terminal Essay on the Manners and Customs of Beavering Men

LONDON:
T. WERNER LAURIE, LTD.
30, NEW BRIDGE STREET, E.C. 4

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A.
IS AN ADMIRAL-BEAVER.

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The specimen mounted is typical and the coat is good, harsh and not silky, a common fault in these rough-haired examples.

An Admiral-King-Beaver is unthinkable ... “derogation of God’s honour,” etc.

Though the sport is deservedly popular in the Service, it is attended by infinite risk should the specimen be of higher rank than the players. K. R. and A. I. contain no definite ruling as to the legality or otherwise of the game, but a Court-Martial would probably trip an unlucky player on “conduct to the prejudice,” etc.

In civil life (and plain clothes) it is most unusual to be able to score these specimens, hence the different values of Rear-Admirals, Vice-Admirals, etc., is not given, nor those of the various branches of the Service, Executive, Engineer, and the like.

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B.
IS A BALD-KING-BEAVER.

beaver

 (ˈbiːvə)

n

1. (Animals) a large amphibious rodent, Castor fiber, of Europe, Asia, and North America: family Castoridae. It has soft brown fur, a broad flat hairless tail, and webbed hind feet, and constructs complex dams and houses (lodges) in rivers

2. (Textiles) the fur of this animal

3. (Animals) mountain beaver a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae

4. (Clothing & Fashion) a tall hat of beaver fur or a fabric resembling it, worn, esp by men, during the 19th century

5. (Textiles) a woollen napped cloth resembling beaver fur, formerly much used for overcoats, etc

6. (Colours) a greyish- or yellowish-brown colour

7. obsolete a full beard

8. a bearded man

9. (modifier) having the colour of beaver or made of beaver fur or some similar material: a beaver lamb coat; a beaver stole.

vb

(usually foll by: away) to work industriously or steadily

[Old English beofor; compare Old Norse biōrr, Old High German bibar, Latin fiber, Sanskrit babhrú red-brown]