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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FLA-FRA |
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FOOLSCAP , the cap, usually of conical shape, with a cockscomb running up the centre of the back, and with bells attached, worn by jesters and fools (see Fooa); also a conical cap worn by dunces. The name is given to a size of writing or printing paper , varying in size from 12 X 15 in. to 17 X 131 in. (see PAPER ). The name is derived from the use of a " fool's cap " as a watermark. A German example of the watermark dating from 1479 was exhibited in the Caxton Exhibition (1877). The New English Dictionary finds no trustworthy evidence for the introduction of the watermark by a German, Sir John Spielmann, at his paper-mill at Dartford
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Parliament substituted a fool's cap for the royal arms as a watermark on the paper used for the journals
parliament .FOOL'S PARSLEY, in botany, the popular name for Aethusa Cynapium, a member of the family Umbelliferae
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