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Feather-edged

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Feath´er-edged`
a.1.Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; - in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.


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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.
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