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Pompadour
Pompadour Pom"pa*dour, n. A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.
Rose de Pompadour
Rose de Pompadour, Rose du Barry, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[`e]vres porcelain. Rose diamond, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. Brilliant, n. Rose ear. See under Ear. Rose elder (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. Rose engine, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. Rose family (Bot.) the Rosece[ae]. See Rosaceous. Rose fever (Med.), rose cold. Rose fly (Zo["o]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. Rose gall (Zo["o]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See Bedeguar. Rose knot, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. Rose lake, Rose madder, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. Rose mallow. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus Hibiscus, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. Rose nail, a nail with a convex, faceted head. Rose noble, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. Rose of China. (Bot.) See China rose (b), under China. Rose of Jericho (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant (Anastatica Hierochuntica) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also resurrection plant. Rose of Sharon (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. Rose oil (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. Rose pink, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. Rose quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. Rose rash. (Med.) Same as Roseola. Rose slug (Zo["o]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly (Selandria ros[ae]). These larv[ae] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. Rose window (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel, and marigold window. Cf. wheel window, under Wheel. Summer rose (Med.), a variety of roseola. See Roseola. Under the rose [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. Wars of the Roses (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.

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- Padou is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Henri Padou (1898–1981), French water polo player and swimmer Henri Padou Jr. (1928–1999)...
- Henri Padou (15 May 1898 – 19 November 1981) was a French water polo player and freestyle swimmer. He competed in water polo at the 1920, 1924, 1928 and...
- individually as Sekembele, Deboule, Tche Tche, Abbe La Roche, Le Meilleur and Padou. The six grew up together in Kinshasa's Ngwaka neighborhood. In keeping...
- l'Université de Goettingue, Jacques Casanova, docteur en droit de l'Universitè de Padou. Dresden. 1822–1829 – First edition of the Histoire de ma vie, in an adapted...
- Henri Padou Jr. (21 August 1928 – 16 November 1999) was a French freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in...
- Achille Desurmont, writer Brigitte Fossey, actress Anna Gomis, wrestler Henri Padou, water polo player and 1924 Olympic gold medallist Brigitte Lahaie, ****...
-  Hungary (HUN) Elemér Szatmári György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas 8:48.4  France (FRA) Joseph Bernardo René Cornu Henri Padou, Jr. Alexandre Jany 9:08.0...
- Micheline Ostermeyer 1994 Robert Oubron 2006 Charles Pacôme 1996 Henri Padou 1994 Nelson Paillou 2006 Raoul Paoli 2002 Robert Paragot 2014 Robert Parienté...
- Eugene Rogers  Hungary (HUN) Elemér Szathmáry György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas  France (FRA) Jo Bernardo René Cornu Henri Padou Jr. Alexandre Jany...
- Zbigniew Pacelt  Poland M modern pentathlon 1, swimming 2 1968 1976 3 Henri Padou  France M swimming 2, water polo 4 1920 1936 4 Duncan Page  Australia M...