Take this example in 1803 the House turned to the affairs of the District of Columbia and began discussing a bill to return portions of the Territory of Columbia to Virginia. I suppose the Territory of Columbia was no longer used after the District lost what home rule it had in the second half of the 19th century.
The windlass is an apparatus for moving heavy weights. Typically, a windlass consists of a horizontal cylinder (barrel), which is rotated by the turn of a crank or belt. A winch is affixed to one or both ends, and a cable or rope is wound around the winch, pulling a weight attached to the opposite end. A windlass would be constructed above a shaft which allowed heavy buckets to be hauled up to the surface. 2  This process would be used until the shaft got below 40 metres deep when the windlass would be replaced by a 'whip' or a 'whim' .
Matelasse matelassÃ© is a figured fabric made with either three or four sets of. Yarns two of the sets are the regular warp and weft; yarns the other sets are crepe or coarse cotton. Yarns they are woven together so that the yarn sets. crisscross fashion column of autumn 1874 describes the fabric and the types of styles made from it, and makes it clear that most women would not be familiar with matelasse matelassÃ© as a fabric for: clothing a novel, fabric which is. matelasse