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lovat

[ luhv-uht ]

noun

  1. a grayish blend of colors, especially of green, used in textiles, as for plaids.


lovat

/ ˈ±ôÊŒ±¹É™³Ù /

noun

  1. a yellowish-green or bluish-green mixture, esp in tweeds or woollens
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lovat1

First recorded in 1905–10; probably after Thomas Alexander Fraser, Lord Lovat (1802–75), who popularized tweeds in muted colors as hunters' dress
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lovat1

named after Lovat, Inverness-shire
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And he throws in seemingly extraneous references to British troops hearing bagpipes and to Lord Lovat of Scotland.

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The 75-year-old says her father rarely talked about the war, despite being in the company of Lord Lovat’s Commando force and Bill Millen, the Canadian whose bagpipe-playing during the landings was immortalised in the 1962 film The Longest Day.

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He's a minister in the Free Church of Scotland at Kiltarlity Free Church and chaplain of Lovat Shinty Club which is based in Kiltarlity.

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A former aquatics standout at Huntington Beach High School, Lovat was serving as a city lifeguard before her planned return for her senior year at Iona University in New Rochelle, N.Y., in August.

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On Monday, July 3, one of our Huntington Beach lifeguards, Elizabeth Lovat, sustained a spinal injury while performing her duties.

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