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	Caltrop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A caltrop (jack rock, star nail) is a weapon made up of four (or more) sharp nails or spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a stable base (for example, a tetrahedron or tetrapod).
		Caltrops serve to slow down the advance of horses, war elephants, and human troops.
		A caltrop is a machine composed of four spikes or points arranged so that in whatever manner it is thrown on the ground, it rests on three and presents the fourth upright.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caltrop (957 words)

	Water caltrop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The water caltrop or water chestnut is a floating annual aquatic plant, growing in slow-moving water up to 5 meters deep, native to warm temperate parts of Eurasia and Africa.
		The water caltrop's submerged stem reaches 12 to 15 ft (3.6 to 4.5 m) in length, anchored into the mud by very fine roots.
		It has two types of leaves, finely divided feather-like submerged leaves born along the length of the stem, and undivided floating leaves born in a rosette at the water's surface.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Water_caltrop (359 words)

	Farmnote 90/1994 : Photosensitisation in sheep grazing caltrop : Department of Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Caltrop, a summer weed with spiny burrs, can cause sheep to become photosensitised, leading to sunburn and often to death.
		Caltrop is not always toxic and grazing offers a way to control the plant.
		Caltrop grows close to the ground with wiry stems up to a couple of metres long.
	agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au /agency/Pubns/farmnote/1994/F09094.htm (629 words)

	Texas Toxic Plants
		Hairy caltrop is a much branched annual with long prostrate limbs from a central root.
		Caltrops are typically found in old fields, heavily grazed pastures, and disturbed areas.
		Hairy caltrop is more common in the western portions of the state while warty caltrop more common in the eastern part.
	texnat.tamu.edu /CMPLANTS/toxic/plants/hairycaltrop.html (386 words)

	Caltrop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Caltrop is a four-pronged piece of iron with pointed, four-inch prongs.
		When a caltrop was thrown on the ground, one or two of the prongs would stick upward, making a dangerous obstacle to enemy horses and men.
		The Caltrop was approved as the emblem for III Corps on Dec. 3, 1918, during World War I, in France.
	www.hood.army.mil /III_CORPS/CALTP.HTM (69 words)

	DPIWE - Caltrop WMP
		Caltrop is a perennial herb that can infest a wide variety of crops and pastures.
		There are no known naturalised caltrop populations in Tasmania although it was reported in 1997 as a contaminant of frozen peas grown in Tasmania.
		Measures to reduce the number of caltrop plants, eradicate caltrop from an area or restrict caltrop to a particular area:
	www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/TPRY-5B9987?open (1884 words)

	CALTROP (TIRE SPIKE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Caltrops were used extensively for operations during the early days of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the predecessor of the CIA.
		A scaled-down version of caltrops used to stop horses during medieval times, this device was also effective in harassing modern-day enemies.
		When scattered on roads and runways, the non-reflective caltrops would always land with one of the four spikes in an upright position, disrupting vehicular movement.
	www.cia.gov /cia/information/artifacts/caltrop.htm (80 words)

	A Horny Bull's Head
		The generic name Trapa is derived from calcitrappa, Latin name of the caltrop, in reference to the peculiar, horned fruits.
		During medieval times, a vicious weapon called a caltrop was used in European warfare.
		ater caltrop plants are anchored to the bottom of lakes and ponds, and send to the surface a slender stem with a rosette of floating leaves.
	waynesword.palomar.edu /ploct95.htm (423 words)

	Mark von Leffern: artists portfolio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Caltrop offers a wide range of highly technical engineering, management and construction resources to clients, from turnkey projects to timely assistance and expert staff augmentation.
		Caltrop Engineering Corp needed a web / document sharing portal that would llink up all information critical to construction projects that were going on.
		Caltrop is currently using this portal and it has proved to be an effective method of linking up several resources within the construction industry.
	www.vonleffern.com /fineart.php?page=client5 (246 words)

	Caltrop Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		A caltrop is a device made up of four (or more) sharp nails or spines that are arranged in such a manner that one of them is always pointing upward (eg, a tetrahedron).
		In the military context, it has been used to slow down the advance of horses and wheeled vehicles.
		Caltrops come in a wide range of sizes, from small caltrops only a few centimeters across that were used by ninjas to deter humans in soft-soled shoes to massive steel or concrete devices designed to wedge into tank treads.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/c/ca/caltrop.html (151 words)

	Cool Word: caltrop
		A a caltrop can also be a metal device with four sharp spikes arranged so that when it lands on the ground, one of the spikes always points straight up.
		The metal caltrops are nasty little military weapons, strewn behind fleeing troops to interfere with pursuing horses or vehicles.
		The spiny-fruited plants are almost equally nasty, including a star thistle and the water caltrop, a water chestnut.
	www.mail-archive.com /word@tlk-lists.com/msg00069.html (191 words)

	Zygophyllaceae (caltrop family)
		The caltrop family is a small one of about 250 species.
		Though there are only a few caltrop species in our region, one of them is among the most abundant and widespread desert plants and another is a showy summer wildflower.
		In the case of creosote, the limiting factor may be cold temperatures; the Mohave is the coldest of these 3 deserts and its creosotes have the most chromosomes.
	www.desertmuseum.org /books/zygophyllaceae.html (1425 words)

	Caltrop Consultancy Limited : Training and publishing advisory company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Caltrop Consultancy Ltd is a training services and publishing advisory company for the security industry.
		Established in 1999, to provide management training to Security Managers and Directors, Caltrop is the name behind a comprehensive range of services and products for the security professional and is the only electronic publisher specialising in the fields of law, security, facilities management, health and safety, fire safety and premises engineering.
		The Caltrop Consultancy Limited works in liaison with the International Institute of Security, Security Industry Training Organisation, The International Professional Security Association, The Institute of Private Investigators, and other key industry organisations, for the improvement of training standards within the Security Industry.
	www.caltrop.co.uk (228 words)

	DPIWE - Water Caltrop Draft WMP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Water caltrops are freshwater herbs capable of infesting natural aquatic and semi-aquatic environments and irrigation and drainage ditches.
		Measures to reduce the number of water caltrop plants, eradicate water caltrop from an area or restrict water caltrop to a particular area:
		If water caltrop is confirmed, the person will be directed and advised in the proper management, including disposal, of the contaminated thing.
	www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au /inter/nsf/WebPages/TPRY-5B997N?open (1572 words)

	ODL QC - The Open and Distance Learning Quality Council Press Release - Montessori Global
		Caltrop College, which offers courses in Security Management, has been awarded accreditation by the ODLQC.
		She added, “I believe that it will give added confidence to students that their learning is being managed by a recognised professional organisation which has proved its excellence.
		“Caltrop is an excellent new provider,” according to the ODL QC reporting assesor, which in many ways “stands comparison with the best in the sector.” The arrangements for tutor quality and consistency were the subject of particular praise.
	www.odlqc.org.uk /pr-cal-04.htm (247 words)

	Water Caltrop - Glossary from Hormel Foods
		A common ingredient in Asian cooking, the water caltrop is often confused with the Chinese water chestnut, a water caltrop grown in Asia and Europe that is not from the same plant family and therefore, is not the same tuber.
		The water caltrop, which is also known as the European water chestnut, is a member of the Trapa nantans genus, which is part of the Trapaceae family of water chestnuts.
		The water caltrop produces a corm or fruit similar to a nut, that has the shape of a small bat with outstretched wings or water buffalo horns.
	www.hormel.com /kitchen/glossary.asp?akw=&id=37939&catitemid= (288 words)

	caltrop
		Grep of noun caltrop caltrop water caltrop Overview of noun caltrop The noun caltrop has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1.
		water chestnut, water chestnut plant, caltrop -- (a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits) 3.
		star-thistle, caltrop, Centauria calcitrapa -- (Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America) Overview of noun caltrop The noun caltrop has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1.
	www.beetfoundation.com /words/c/alt.caltrop.html (232 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Equipment - Caltrops, is this really the intention?
		Caltrops: A caltrop is a four-pronged iron spike crafted so that one prong faces up no matter how the caltrop comes to rest.
		You scatter caltrops on the ground in the hope that your enemies step on them or are at least forced to slow down to avoid them.
		This is the confusing part, the caltrops do not seem to need to inflict damage to stop a creature from moving, simply succeed on an attack roll.
	www.enworld.org /showthread.php?t=125152 (1894 words)

	Centaurea calcitrapa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Purple star thistle or Caltrop is a plant native of Europe.
		It can be annual or biennial and has been naturalized in America.
		The common name "Caltrop" comes from the resemblance of the spiny flower head to the caltrop, an ancient instrument of war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Centaurea_calcitrapa (89 words)

	The Caltrop of Chaos
		It is improbable in the scientific sense and allows for the improbable to occur within the inertial frame of the knowable.
		Turning to the first caltropic point he/she vibrates the mantra, visualising an inrushing fl segment of energy, knowing that the medium of improbability is being invited in.
		It is easiest to visualize the caltrop and its flowing energies on a flat plane but rather better to imagine the wedges as reaching infinity above and below.
	www.philhine.org.uk /writings/rit_caltrop.html (1097 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The register of his burial was signed echinoderm xenon caltrop.
		Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary echinoderm xenon caltrop.
		And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event, but that he was an excellent man of echinoderm xenon caltrop.
	www.holiday-central.net /xc8.html (296 words)

	MayaKirana » Not Over the Moon
		Both the water caltrop and baby yam are boiled and eaten.
		The water caltrop tastes nutty while the baby yam is rich and creamy.
		I’ve also read that a porridge made from 10-20 water caltrop boiled with a cup of glutinuous rice and sweetened with some honey is good for invigorating the stomach and nourishing the intestines.
	www.mayakirana.com /blog?p=67 (938 words)

	Weird Words: Caltrop
		A caltrop consists of four pointed legs or spines splayed out at the points of a tetrahedron so that however it falls it will sit on three of the points with the fourth uppermost.
		It was apparently thought up in medieval times as a way of slowing pursuit, and was updated for the motorised age earlier this century.
		A plant called the water chestnut (Trapa natans) is also known as the water caltrop, which has fruit with two spines that are hard enough to penetrate the hooves of stock as well as human feet.
	www.worldwidewords.org /weirdwords/ww-cal2.htm (261 words)

	RecipeSource: Steamed Green Pear Cake Decorated with Water Caltrop
		Looking at the picture, I see what are obviously steamed pears++complete with stems++with a couple of water caltrops on one plate and steamed finger citrons (an Asian fruit that looks sorta like a hand) accompanied by a couple of peaches on the other plate.
		(Water caltrops are those seeds that look like a set of miniature water buffalo horns.) What these things really are, though, are steamed, stuffed sweet dumplings.
		Peaches symbolize longevity, and fairy tales often feature water caltrops (bull horn-shaped roots) as part of the fairy diet.
	www.recipesource.com /ethnic/asia/chinese/green-pear-cake1.html (486 words)

	Caltrop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Caltrop is a proclaimed pest plant for the whole of SA.
		Landholders are required to control plants on their own properties and to pay for control on adjoining road reserves.
		Encourage ground cover to provide competition for caltrop seedlings.
	www.mlrapcb.net /pest_caltrop.htm (331 words)

	The University of Arizona Press/Arizona Weeds/Fly Mushroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In rich soil, as between cotton rows, the prostrate stems may be 4 feet long.
		The seedpod beaks are no longer than 1/3 inch, and the backs of the seedpods have sharp tubercles.
		A native plant growing in the same type of places as orange caltrop, but found in northern as well as southern Arizona; 100 to 7,000 feet elevation; flowering May to October.
	www.uapress.arizona.edu /onlinebks/weeds/OCALTROP.HTM (295 words)

	[No title]
		The molecular caltrop here is composed of three legs bound to a central silicon atom.
		The molecular caltrops were adsorbed on gold surfaces with two different procedures: i.
		The measured concentrations for the various species are consistent with the model of monolayer coverages, except for the molecular caltrop with the TMS head group deposited from pure THF.
	stm1.chem.psu.edu /~psw/temp/CaltropsComm1d.doc (1776 words)

	Caltrop - WulframManual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Can be used to prevent enemy tanks from rushing a new offensive Skypump for a short time, also the Caltrops may absorb a pulse shell fired from afar.
		Holding down the Caltrop release button (the 5 key, by default) will continually release them until your supply is exhausted.
		Jumping over an enemy deploying caltrops is the best method of attack, as it surrounds your target.
	www.teamtactical.com /manual/index.php?page=Caltrop (555 words)

	III CORPS
		Symbolism: Blue and white are the colors of corps distinguishing flags, and the three points of the caltrop indicate the numerical designation of the corps.
		Description: A gold colored metal and enamel device, consisting of a yellow shield on which is a blue caltrop with one point up; within the center of the caltrop a white equilateral triangle with one point down.
		The caltrop is a representation of the shoulder sleeve insignia of III Corps.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/lineage/ACDSB/IIICps.htm (381 words)

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