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ice skate
A blade attached to a shoe to
glide on ice. It can be made of bone, and examples are known from at least as
early as the Bronze Age. Metal blades have progressively replaced bone skates
since the sixteenth century.
UF skate
icon
A figure, representation or image,
which is itself regarded as sacred.
idol
An image of a deity used as a focus
for worship, usually used for non Christian images.
UF lar
<igniting accessory>
An object used in
lighting a fire, lamp, oven, candle etc.
CL heating and lighting
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NT iron pyrites![]()
NT lucifer match![]()
NT spill![]()
NT strike a light![]()
NT taper![]()
NT tinder box![]()
NT wick
incantation bowl
A bowl used in magical
ceremonies.
CL container
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BT religious or ritual container
incense bowl
A bowl used to contain and
burn incense.
CL religion or ritual
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BT incense holder
incense burner
An object used to burn
incense in.
CL religion or ritual
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BT incense holder
incense holder
A container for incense.
RT censer
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RT incense shovel![]()
RT incense spoon![]()
RT incense tongsCL religion or ritual
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NT incense bowl![]()
NT incense burner![]()
NT incense vase
incense shovel
A small shovel used with
incense.
incense spoon
A small spoon used with
incense.
incense tongs
Tongs used with incense.
incense vase
A container for incense.
CL religion or ritual
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BT incense holder
<industrial by product>
A by-product created
through a manufacturing process. This does not include the production of tools,
for this use tool by product.
CL manufacture and processing
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BT by product![]()
NT bloom![]()
NT clinker![]()
NT kiln waste![]()
NT lathe core![]()
NT litharge![]()
NT slag![]()
NT waster
ingot
A piece of cast metal obtained from a
mould in a form suitable for storage.
ingot mould
A mould in which an ingot is
made.
CL tools and equipment
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BT mould
ink
A coloured fluid used for writing,
drawing and printing.
CL written communications
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BT writing and drawing equipment
ink bottle
A container for holding ink.
CL container
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BT writing and drawing equipmentCL written communications
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BT writing container
ink spoon
A very small spoon used to
provide liquid to mix with ink on an ink stone.
CL written communications
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BT writing and drawing equipment
ink stand
A stand or tray for ink bottles
and or pens
CL written communications
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BT writing and drawing equipment
ink stone
A kind of stone used in making
ink.
CL written communications
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BT writing and drawing equipment
inkwell
A pot for ink usually housed in a
hole in a desk.
CL container
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BT writing containerCL written communications
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BT writing and drawing equipmentUF ink case
UF ink pot
inscribed object
Any object which bears an
inscription.
insect cage
A cage specifically designed to
hold insects.
insect remains
Use for the remains of any
part of an insect.
UF insect
insignia
Signs or badges of office, honour,
membership, occupation etc.
UF emblem
intaglio
Semi precious stone or glass
engraved with a design and used to make an impression on wax or clay.
CL tools and equipment
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BT seal matrix
iron pyrites
A nodule of iron pyrites used
to create fire in combination with tinder and flint or another nodule of iron
pyrites.
CL heating and lighting
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BT igniting accessory
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