GUIPURE

Etymology

Noun

guipure (countable and uncountable, plural guipures)

A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.

Source: Wiktionary


Gui*pure", n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CRITICAL

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In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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