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Feather-edge   Listen
noun
Feather-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.





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"Feather-edge" Quotes from Famous Books



... very pretty scarf-end, but presents it only half of its actual width. The scarf is about a yard in length and is darned with linen floss and edged with the finest feather-edge braid. The center portions of the flowers and foliage are cut out after the solid darning is made, and the spaces are then filled in with a fancy mesh done with fine cotton in point ...
— The Art of Modern Lace Making • The Butterick Publishing Co.


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