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== Rhino ([[animal]]) == |
== Rhino ([[animal]]) == |
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A '''rhinoceros''' is an [[Africa]]n [[animal]] with a dangerous [[horn]], a thick hide, a nasty charge, but luckily very bad eyesight. |
A '''rhinoceros''' is an [[Africa]]n [[animal]] with a dangerous [[horn]], a thick hide, a nasty charge, but luckily very bad eyesight. |
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Rhinoceros horn was used by ancient cultures (eg the myceneans) as a form of ivory, but is inferior in quality to elephant ivory due to it's yellower hue, and less even texture, leading to more flaws during carving. |
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== Rhino ([[SCAism]]) == |
== Rhino ([[SCAism]]) == |
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Revision as of 01:53, 13 October 2005
Rhino (animal)
A rhinoceros is an African animal with a dangerous horn, a thick hide, a nasty charge, but luckily very bad eyesight. Rhinoceros horn was used by ancient cultures (eg the myceneans) as a form of ivory, but is inferior in quality to elephant ivory due to it's yellower hue, and less even texture, leading to more flaws during carving.
Rhino (SCAism)
"Rhino" is a derogatory term in the SCA for a fighter who fails to acknowledge legitimate blows -- presumably because he has the thick hide of a rhinoceros so the hit is called "light".
Also: Rhino-hide.
