Easel

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 171

Easel (Dut. ezel, 'an ass,' cf. clothes-horse), the wooden frame on which painters place pictures while at work upon them.

A detailed scientific illustration of the life stages of a common earwig. It shows three stages: (a) a larva, a small, segmented insect; (b) a pupa, a larger, more developed insect with visible wings; and (c) a perfect adult insect, which is larger still, with fully developed wings and a prominent pincer-like organ at the end of its abdomen. The insects are shown on a leafy branch. — Common Earwig:
a, larva; b, pupa; c, perfect insect.

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