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Beater (seal)
Beater may refer to: Clothes * Beater (weaving), a tool used to force woven yarn into place *A shortening of "wifebeater" (shirt), a colloquialism for particular style of sleeveless shirt Music *Any of various types of percussion mallets ** A rute ** The striking part of a Bass drum pedal ** The cipín used for playing the bodhrán Fiction *A position in the fictional game of Quidditch from the ''Harry Potter'' series *Another name for Glamdring, Gandalf's sword, in J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit'' *A name the main character Kirito, takes in the anime ''Sword Art Online'' Technology *A machine used in papermaking *An attachment for a cooking mixer *Egg beater (other) *A jalopy, or by extension, a car meant for daily use and not for show People with the surname * Bruno Beater (1914–1982), East German intelligence officer and politician Other uses *A harp seal, that is approximately 3–4 weeks to one year of age *A beater in hunting Hunting is the human acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beater (weaving)
A beater or batten, is a weaving tool designed to push the weft yarn securely into place. In small hand weaving such as Inkle weaving and tablet weaving the beater may be combined with the Shuttle (weaving), shuttle into a single tool. In Loom#Rigid heddle looms, rigid heddle looms the beater is combined with the heddles. Beaters appear both in a hand-held form, and as an integral part of a loom. Hand beaters must have enough mass to force the weaving into place, so they come in a variety of weights and sizes. Some may have lead inserts to provide additional heft for a smaller beater, and some are made entirely from metal. Loom beaters typically take the form of a bar mounted across the loom. The actual beating is done by a metal insert known as a reed (weaving), reed, which contains a number of slots, known as dents, which the warp (weaving), warp threads pass through. This is the more common form, as floor looms and mechanized looms both use a beater with a reed. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wifebeater (shirt)
A sleeveless shirt is a shirt that is manufactured without sleeves or whose sleeves have been cut off. Depending on the style, they can be worn as undershirts, by athletes in sports such as track and field and triathlon, or as casual wear by both men and women alike. Tank top In the United States and Canada, any casual sleeveless shirt can be called tank top or tank shirt, with several specific varieties. It is named after '' tank suits'', one-piece bathing suits of the 1920s worn in tanks or swimming pools. The upper garment is worn commonly by both men and women. The build of a tank top is simple: the neck and armholes are often reinforced for durability. One usually has large armholes and neck holes and a neckline that can reach down as far as the bottom of the chest. (Women's tank tops have smaller holes, to conceal their breasts). They are also sometimes made long to make tucking into pants easier. In almost all cases, they are buttonless, collarless, and pocketless. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percussion Mallet
A percussion mallet or beater is an object used to strike or beat a percussion instrument in order to produce its sound. The term beater is slightly more general. A mallet is normally held in the hand while a beater may be foot or mechanically operated, for example in a bass drum pedal. The term drum stick is less general still, but still applied to a wide range of beaters. Some mallets, such as a triangle beater, are normally used only with a specific instrument, while others are used on many different instruments. Often, mallets of differing material and hardness are used to create different timbres on the same types of instrument (e.g. using either wooden or yarn mallets on a xylophone). Some mallets, such as vibraphone mallets, are normally just called mallets, others have more specialized names including: * Drum sticks, of many types, some used with a wide variety of instruments,. * Rutes, used with many instruments. * Brushes, used particularly with snare drum but also w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rute (music)
The rute (also spelled ruthe, from the German for 'rod' or 'switch'), also known as a multi-rod, is a percussion mallet, beater for drums. Commercially made rutes are usually made of a bundle of thin birch dowels or thin canes attached to a drum stick handle. These often have a movable band to adjust how tightly the dowels are bound toward the tip. A rute may also be made of a bundle of twigs attached to a drum stick handle. These types of rutes are used for a variety of effects with various musical ensembles. A rute may also be a cylindrical bunch of pieces of cane or twigs, bound at one end, like a small besom without a handle. The rute is used to play on the head of the bass drum."Anatomy of the Orchestra", Norman Del Mar Rute are also constructed from a solid rod thinly split partway down. Etymology The name of the instruments derives from German '':wikt:Rute#German, Rute'' (rod). The final ''e'' is pronounced, making the pronunciation 'ROOT-eh'. Orchestral usage In orches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Drum Pedal
The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. The instrument is typically cylindrical, with the drum's diameter much greater than the drum's depth, with a struck head at both ends of the cylinder. The heads may be made of calfskin or plastic and there is normally a means of adjusting the tension either by threaded taps or by strings. Bass drums are built in a variety of sizes, but size does not dictate the volume produced by the drum. The pitch and the sound can vary much with different sizes, Del Mar, Norman (1981). ''Anatomy of the Orchestra''. . but the size is also chosen based on convenience and aesthetics. Bass drums are percussion instruments and vary in size and are used in several musical genres. Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished. * The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum (in Italian: gran cassa, gran tamburo). It is the largest dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodhrán
The bodhrán (, ; plural ''bodhráin'' or ''bodhráns'') is a frame drum used in Irish music ranging from in diameter, with most drums measuring . The sides of the drum are deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side (synthetic heads or other animal skins are sometimes used). The other side is open-ended for one hand to be placed against the inside of the drum head to control the pitch and timbre. One or two crossbars, sometimes removable, may be inside the frame, but this is increasingly rare on modern instruments. Some professional modern bodhráns integrate mechanical tuning systems similar to those used on drums found in drum kits. It is usually with a hex key that the bodhrán skins are tightened or loosened depending on the atmospheric conditions. History Seán Ó Riada declared the bodhrán to be the native drum of the ancient Celts (as did bodhrán maker Paraic McNeela), suggesting that it was possibly used originally for winnowing or wool dying, with a musical hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quidditch
Quidditch is a fictional sport invented by author J.K. Rowling for her fantasy book series ''Harry Potter''. It first appeared in the novel ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997). It is a dangerous but popular sport played by witches and wizards riding flying broomsticks. Matches are played on a large oval pitch with three ring-shaped goals of different heights on each side, between two opposing teams of seven players each: three Chasers, two Beaters, the Keeper, and the Seeker. The Chasers and the Keeper respectively score with and defend the goals against the Quaffle; the two Beaters bat the Bludgers away from their teammates and towards their opponents; and the Seeker locates and catches the Golden Snitch, whose capture simultaneously wins the Seeker's team 150 points and ends the game. The team with the most points at the end wins. Harry Potter plays as Seeker for his house team at Hogwarts. Regional and international Quidditch competitions are mentioned thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glamdring
Weapons and armour of Middle-earth are those of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings, such as ''The Hobbit'', ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Silmarillion''. Tolkien modelled his fictional warfare on the Ancient history, Ancient and Early Middle Ages, Early Medieval periods of history. His depiction of weapons and armour particularly reflect Northern European culture as seen in ''Beowulf'' and the Norse sagas. Tolkien established this relationship in ''The Fall of Gondolin'', the first story in ''Tolkien's legendarium, his legendarium'' to be written. In this story, the Elf (Middle-earth), Elves of Gondolin use the Mail (armour), mail armour, swords, shields, spears, axes and Bow (weapon), bows of Northern European warfare. In Tolkien's writings, these kinds of weapons and armour are used by his fictional Middle-earth peoples, races, including Elves, Dwarf (Middle-earth), Dwarves, Man (Middle-earth), Men, Hobbits, and Orc (Middle-earth), Orcs. As in his sources, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirito (Sword Art Online)
, born as , is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Sword Art Online'' series of light novels written by Reki Kawahara. Known by a portmanteau of his name, which is his user name in the ''Sword Art Online'' video game which the series are partially set in. Kirito is a teenager who was chosen as one of 1,000 beta testers for a new virtual reality video game: ''Sword Art Online''. After the game is released to the general public, he and the rest of the 10,000 players discover that they are unable to log out and are trapped in the simulation unless they manage to beat the game. In the anime adaptation, Kirito is voiced in Japanese by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka and in English by Bryce Papenbrook. Creation and conception In an interview with ''Sword Art Online'' series creator Reki Kawahara, they wrote the series to change popular opinion of online gaming; viewing it not a social ill or just an escape from real life, and thus decided to show games in a more positive light i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papermaking
Papermaking is the manufacture of paper and cardboard, which are used widely for printing, writing, and packaging, among many other purposes. Today almost all paper is made using industrial machinery, while handmade paper survives as a specialized craft and a medium for artistic expression. In papermaking, a dilute suspension consisting mostly of separate cellulose fibres in water is drained through a sieve-like screen, so that a mat of randomly interwoven fibres is laid down. Water is further removed from this sheet by pressing, sometimes aided by suction or vacuum, or heating. Once dry, a generally flat, uniform and strong sheet of paper is achieved. Before the invention and current widespread adoption of automated machinery, all paper was made by hand, formed or laid one sheet at a time by specialized laborers. Even today those who make paper by hand use tools and technologies quite similar to those existing hundreds of years ago, as originally developed in China and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixer (appliance)
A mixer, depending on the type, also called a hand mixer or stand mixer, is a kitchen device that uses a gear-driven mechanism to rotate a set of "beaters" in a bowl containing the food or liquids to be prepared by mixing them. Mixers help automate the repetitive tasks of stirring, whisking or beating. When the beaters are replaced by a ''dough hook'', a mixer may also be used to knead. A mixer may be a handheld mechanism known as an eggbeater, a handheld motorized beater, or a drill mixer. Stand mixers vary in size from small counter top models for home use to large capacity commercial machines. Stand mixers create the mixing action by either rotating the mixing device vertically (planetary mixers), or by rotating the mixing container (spiral mixers). History The mixer with rotating parts was patented in 1856 by Baltimore, Maryland, tinner Ralph Collier. This was followed by E.P. Griffith's whisk patented in England in 1857. Another hand-turned rotary egg beater was paten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egg Beater (other) for bicycles
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Egg-beater (egg beater, eggbeater) may refer to: *A hand-cranked tool for beating eggs, as for omelettes or cake-baking: see '' Mixer (appliance) § Eggbeater'' *Mixer (appliance), an electric kitchen appliance often referred to as an "egg-beater" *Egg Beaters, an egg white–based ingredient used in cooking or baking *Eggbeater wind turbine *Eggbeater drill, a type of hand drill with bevel gears, analogous in form to an eggbeater for the kitchen: see '' Drill § Hand-powered '' *Eggbeater kick, a swimming manoeuver *Eggbeater antenna * Egg beater, a model of clipless pedals The pedal is the part of a bicycle that the rider pushes with their foot to propel the vehicle. It provides the connection between the cyclist's foot or shoe and the crank allowing the leg to turn the bottom bracket spindle and propel the bicyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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