A lovely, almost languid, drive over the top of the covers from Hafeez is well stopped by a scurrying Bresnan out near the rope, but a feather-edged clip to leg brings Shafiq his first boundary. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I began to occupy my house on the 4th of July, as soon as it was boarded and roofed, for the boards were carefully feather-edged and lapped, so that it was perfectly impervious to rain, but before boarding I laid the foundation of a chimney at one end, bringing two cartloads of stones up the hill from the pond in my arms. ❋ Unknown (2004)
An exception is to be found in the case of a feather-edged shoe, such as is used to prevent cutting or brushing. ❋ Harry Caulton Reeks (N/A)
She wove three rows of the narrow, feather-edged taste into each of the flounces, and the effect was very pretty. ❋ Mrs. Georgie Sheldon (1884)
The junco impresses me as a fidgety, emphatic, feather-edged sort of bird; the two white quills in its tail which flash out so suddenly on every movement seem to stamp in this impression. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
Such a keen, feather-edged, not to say spiteful little body, with the emphasis of those two pairs of white quills in her tail given to every movement, and yet, ❋ John Burroughs (1879)
Ever since twelve o'clock he had been sitting in a box made of feather-edged boards, which the newspapers called a pavilion, having two little curtains (both of which stuck fast) for his only defence against sun, noise, and dust. ❋ Unknown (1862)
I began to occupy my house on the 4th of July, as soon as it was boarded and roofed, for the boards were carefully feather-edged and lapped, so that it was perfectly impervious to rain; but before boarding I laid the foundation of a chimney at one end, bringing two cartloads of stones up the hill from the pond in my arms. ❋ Unknown (1854)
I began to occupy my house on the 4thof July, as soon as it was boarded and roofed, for the boards were carefully feather-edged and lapped, so that it was perfectly impervious to rain, but before boarding I laid the foundation of a chimney at one end, bringing two cartloads of stones up the hill from the pond in my arms. ❋ Unknown (1854)
The name 'Snow Goose' was chosen to reflect the feather-edged petals, and this tall erythronium 16in has robust stems. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Buy New: $10. 95New (2) from $10. 95Soft feather-edged muslin is concentrically stitched near the center, leaving the outer edge to provide a fine polishing surface. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Buy New: $6. 19New (1) from $6. 19Soft feather-edged muslin is concentrically stitched near the center, leaving the outer edge to provide a fine polishing surface. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Ever since twelve o’clock he had been sitting in a box made of feather-edged boards, which the newspapers called a pavilion, having two little curtains (both of which stuck fast) for his only defence against sun, noise, and dust. ❋ Richard Doddridge (2004)
"The fourth species of these differs from the third only in the covering, which is generally of good sawed feather-edged plank; in the roof, which is now composed of shingles; and in the doors and finishing, which consist of good sawed plank, hinged, &c. ❋ E. R. Billings (N/A)
In terms of sound bites Newman is best known as a painter of "zips" - those narrow, sometimes feather-edged verticals with which he divided and enlivened expanses of pure color, most memorably in the yawning, primarily red " ❋ By ROBERTA SMITH (2011)
