Feather-edge

Feath´er-edge`


n.1.(Zool.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.
2.Any thin, as on a board or a razor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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You should feather edge the joints between the plywood with a feather-edge screeding compound.
By the time Strauss reached three figures, Trescothick had departed for 86 when, tempted to nibble at a delivery from Jacob Oram, bowling around the wicket, he gained a feather-edge behind and the third of England's top-order left-handers Mark Butcher was into his stride with a series of rasping off-side boundaries.
By the time Strauss reached three figures,Trescothick had departed for 86 -when, tempted to nibble at a delivery from Jacob Oram,bowling around the wicket,he gained a feather-edge behind -and the third of England's top-order left-handers,Mark Butcher, was into his stride with a series of rasping off-side boundaries.
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