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Kaukauna

(Encyclopedia)Kaukauna kôkôˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 11,982), Outagamie co., E Wis., on the Fox River; settled 1793, inc. 1885. The city is a processing center for cheese and other dairy products. Its chief ma...

Hadera

(Encyclopedia)Hadera hədāˈrä [key], town, W Israel, on the plain of Sharon, near the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Hagen

(Encyclopedia)Hagen häˈgən [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ennepe River. It is ...

Haberle, John

(Encyclopedia)Haberle, John hăbˈərlēˌ [key], 1856–1933, American painter, b. New Haven, Conn. Noted for his photographically precise still-life paintings, Haberle is often compared in style with William Harn...

Gävle

(Encyclopedia)Gävle yĕvˈlə [key], city, capital of Gävleborg co., E Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia. Al...

Foligno

(Encyclopedia)Foligno fōlēˈnyō [key], city, in Umbria, central Italy. It is a commercial and industrial ...

Kajaani

(Encyclopedia)Kajaani käˈyänē [key], Swed. Kajana, city (1996 pop. 36,795), Oulu prov., central Finland, on the Kajaaninjoki River. Forest products (including paper goods and cellulose) and sports equipment are...

Coshocton

(Encyclopedia)Coshocton kəshŏkˈtən [key], city (2020 pop. 11,043), seat of Coshocton co., central Ohio, where ...

cornstarch

(Encyclopedia)cornstarch, material made by pulverizing the ground, dried residue of corn grains after preparatory soaking and the removal of the embryo and the outer covering. It is used as laundry starch, in sizin...

embossing

(Encyclopedia)embossing, process of producing upon various materials designs or patterns in relief by mechanical means. The material is pressed between a pair of dies especially adapted to its hardness and the dept...