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| (anthrop.) n. Classification order Hominidae; < Human being, of the genus homo ~s ~s, a single species, Modern Man [Cro-Magnon Man] emerging (app.) 40,000 yrs. ago, evolved from ape like ancestors of about 26 million yrs. before, distunguished from other primates by superior mental development; [facilitating complex oral language, and the ability to modify or create environments] upright posture; [involving considerable modification of skeleton and muscles] sparce body hair, etc. |
n. Ancestral stock, family; one's relatives; kith and ~, orig., country and ~sfolk; later, friends and relatives: of ~, akin, related by blood ties or character; next of ~, person nearest of kin (to). |
(archit.) n. ¹Covered space for walking in partly open at site, portico, colonnade; balcony; long narrow passage in thinkness of wall or supported on corbels, open towards interior of building. ²Platform projecting from inner wall of church, hall, etc., providing extra room for spectators etc.; highest of such balconies in theatre, containing cheapest seats (ill.THEATRE); persons seated there, least refined part of audience; play to the ~, appeal to lower taste. ³Long narrow room, passage, corridor; room or building used for showing works of art. |
before the Tate, even before the Barbican, §Å¶îËñ ž<ìÑ was the UK's first online art gÄ][êR¥, designed, constructed and maintained by the artist | ||