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fastness is a term—used in the
dyeing of
textile materials—that
characterizes a material's colour's
resistance to
fading or running.
Colour fastness is...
- A
fortification (also
called a fort, fortress,
fastness, or stronghold) is a
military construction designed for the
defense of
territories in warfare,...
- Acid-
fastness is a
physical property of
certain bacterial and
eukaryotic cells, as well as some sub-cellular structures,
specifically their resistance...
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applied in an
aqueous solution and may
require a
mordant to
improve the
fastness of the dye on the fiber. The
majority of
natural dyes are
derived from...
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cities and an army of
educational representatives penetrating the
rural fastnesses to sell the press's
stock as well as
books published by
firms whose agencies...
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Calixto García, a
leader of the
Cuban insurgents somewhere in the
mountain fastnesses of Cuba—no one knew where". The
essay contrasts Rowan's self-driven effort...
- of Ch'i too has its rich
fields in Lang-ya and Chi-mo in the east, the
fastnesses of
Mount T'ai in the south, in the west the
banks of the
muddy Yellow...
- with a
small band, with
difficulty retreated to the
woods and to the
fastnesses of the moors.... at
Easter king
Alfred with a
small band
constructed a...
- by
rangers led by Faramir, Boromir's brother, and
brought to the
secret fastness of
Henneth Annûn.
Faramir resists the
temptation to
seize the Ring and...
- yarns, and
fabrics with the goal of
achieving color with
desired color fastness.
Dyeing is
normally done in a
special solution containing dyes and particular...
