[…] and various procedural rules such as the requirement laid on governing bodies like the Pisan anzianate of a larger majority for decisions on private than public affairs.

the quaverings and warblings in lutes and pipes

Their colour, once described as silver or snow, was long held to be an achievement of the potters of the Song dynasty, but excavations at the Dingzhou kilns in Hebei as early as 1941 have established that white ware was already in production at that location during the ninth century.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball.