Ancient Egyptians burned ambergris as incense, while in modern Egypt ambergris is used for scenting cigarettes.

It also tests for physical traits such as strength, endurance, agility, and scenting ability.

It is thought that Collie-type dogs were added to increase the breed's trainability along with the Newfoundland for strength and Setter blood for enhanced scenting ability.

These early Ratting Terriers were then most likely bred to the Beagle or Beagle cross bred dogs ( for increased scenting ability ) and other dogs.

Another dog valued for its scenting skills was the lymer, a forerunner of today ’ s bloodhound.

His name is Praisegod Piepsam, and he is rather fully described as to his clothing and physiognomy in a way which relates him to a sinister type in the author's repertory -- he is a forerunner of those enigmatic strangers in `` Death In Venice '', for example, who represent some combination of cadaver, exotic, and psychopomp.

There was much sickness in the corps, and the men were, in addition, without the clothing, shoes, and blankets needed for the winter weather.

And once medicine, food, clothing and shelter had been provided for the flood's victims, communications and the mail were the next top problems.

And she felt amply rewarded for her suffering when the evidence of Lee's quack shenanigans, gathered by the tape recorder under her friend's clothing, proved adequate in court for convicting Franklin D. Lee.

And for a man who traveled around without any change of clothing, a few more stains on his dark suit may very well have gone unnoticed.

This set his tone: richness of texture and color, and another kind of richness as well, for his clothing and decorations would have paid the Brush-off's rent for a year.

" For clothing, they prohibited leather because animals were killed for it, as well as cotton, silk, and wool, because they were products of slave labor.

Snyder theorizes that Agathon might have made a deliberate effort to mimic the sumptuous attire of his famous fellow-poet, although by Agathon's time, such clothing, especially the κεκρύφαλος ( kekryphalos, an elaborate covering for the hair ) had long fallen out of fashion for men.

In the same way, they farmed animals for clothing and meat in a similar fashion.

* Bands ( neckwear ), two pieces of cloth fitted around the neck as part of formal clothing for clergy, academics, and lawyers

* BS 7971 Protective clothing and equipment for use in violent situations and in training

Nearly every human society throughout history has expected distinctions to be made between males and females by the style, color, or type of clothing they are expected to wear, and likewise most societies have had a set of social norms, views, guidelines, or even laws defining what type of clothing is appropriate for each gender.

In cultures where men have traditionally worn skirt-like garments such as the kilt or sarong these are not seen as female clothing, and wearing them is not seen as cross-dressing for men.

It was once taboo in Western society for women to wear clothing traditionally associated with men, except in certain circumstances such as for necessity ( as per St. Thomas Aquinas's guidelines in Summa Theologiae II ),

Cross-dressers have complained that society permits women to wear pants or jeans and other masculine clothing, while condemning any man who wants to wear clothing sold for women.

Beyoncé is well known for her House of Dereon clothing line.

This allows weather and lighting to be controlled ( as the shooting is indoors ), and for all clothing and sets to be stored in one place to be hauled out the next day from a secure location.

CI provides food, clothing, shelter, education, job training, and companionship for residents in its surrounding communities.

In the Victorian era it also became a centre for the production of clothing.

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

Some had been there for years ; ;

Something was beginning to stir and come alive in her, too ( it may have been there for a good while, since she was twenty now ; ;

BMEWS intelligence is simultaneously flashed to NORAD ( North American Air Defense Command ) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for interpretation ; ;

Often, too, the social institutions are housed in these pavilions and palaces and bridges, for these great structures are not simply `` historical monuments '' ; ;

for example, the mode of bravery to this anonymous folk poem: `` They brought me news that Spring is in the plains And Ahmad's blood the crimson tulip stains ; ;

`` It is easy for you to talk '' ; ;

What they wished for most was security ; ;

The field, then, is ripe for new Southerners to step to the fore and write of this twentieth-century phenomenon, the Southern Yankeefication: the new urban economy, the city-dweller, the pains of transition, the labor problems ; ;

Even the great god Faulkner, the South's one probable contender for literary immortality, has little concerned himself with these matters ; ;

The sequence may involve a sharp contrast: for example, a quiet meditative sway of the body succeeded by a violent leap ; ;

Lawrence Lipton, in The Holy Barbarians, stresses that for the beat generation sex is more than a source of pleasure ; ;

Righteous in their denunciation of all that makes for death, the beat prophets bid all men become cool cats ; ;

Before a deacon begins a censing, he will take the censer to the priest ( or the bishop, if he is present ) for a blessing.

Once the incense has been placed on the charcoal the thurible is then closed and used for censing.

`` Winston '', she said, `` get the basket for the breakables ''.

The Aleut term for grass basket is qiigam aygaaxsii.

A field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the basket than the three-point line, and three points ( known commonly as a 3 pointer or three ) if the player is behind the three-point line.

The accident caused the Missouri Valley Conference to ban its member schools from allowing cheerleaders to be " launched or tossed and from taking part in formations higher than two levels " for one week during a women's basketball conference tournament, and also resulted in a recommendation by the NCAA that conferences and tournaments do not allow pyramids two and one half levels high or higher, and a stunt known as basket tosses, during the rest of the men's and women's basketball season.

They are typically used for tight, controlled shots that are close to the basket, although some players use them for short drives where trees or other obstacles come into play.

The basket as it is now known in most circles is the standard for disc golf courses.

Alternate suggestions include a derivative of cratis, a name for a type of woven basket that came to refer to a dish, or a derivative of Latin gradus meaning "' by degree ', ' by stages ', applied to a dish brought to the table in different stages or services during a meal ".

He replaced the ring with a basket ( for which the Dutch word is " korf " or " mand "), so it was easier to see if a player had scored or not.

In the Fujian region of China, for example, a popular depiction of Guanyin is as a maiden dressed in Tang Dynasty style clothing carrying a fish basket.

It is said that she spotted the baby in the basket and had her handmaiden fetch it for her.

" for a basket, rendered in many variations of volume and length depending on the situation ; and a catchphrase that he began using in his youth when playing pickup games with friends.

Paper hanging at right is a request for the packer to pray for sick individuals as he performs the Mitzvah of separating the Challah from each basket.

This means, as the U. S. Dollar accounted for 80 percent in the Thai basket of currencies, the Thai Baht was also depreciated further-making Thailand's export even more competitive and making the country more attractive to Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI ), especially from Japan whose national currency appreciated considerably since 1985.

U. S. Congressman Ron Paul has continually argued for the reinstatement of the gold standard, but is no longer a strict advocate, instead supporting a basket of commodities that emerges on the free markets.

More definitive ureteroscopic techniques for stone extraction ( rather than simply bypassing the obstruction ) include basket extraction and ultrasound ureterolithotripsy.

Disguises as a komusō, a mendicant monk known for playing the shakuhachi, were also effective, as the large " basket " hats traditionally worn by them concealed the head completely.

An S-band communications antenna is mounted on the rim of the basket, and a radar antenna for surface studies extends out of the vessel on a mast.

He tries to get Michael Jordan's autograph when the basketball star is first recruited to join the team and later plays for the Toon Squad in the game itself, scoring one basket.

* Trivet for keeping the steamer basket above liquid

* Metal divider, for separating different foods in the steamer basket e. g. vegetables

A safe processing method used by the pre-Columbian indigenous people of the Americas is to mix the cassava flour with water into a thick paste and then let it stand in the shade for five hours in a thin layer spread over a basket.

He then goes on to state that an asp was concealed in a basket of figs that was brought to her by a rustic, and, finding it after eating a few figs, she held out her arm for it to bite.

Tommy and Fiona return with a basket full of heather, and Fiona goes upstairs to help Jean dress for the wedding.