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noun Furniture.

decorative banding of veneer or inlay having the grain laid diagonally to the grain of the principal surface.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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And then having done that why did it actually feather, when apparently no crew command was given.
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Feather had recorded as a pianist, and although he would never put Oscar Peterson out of business, he knew his sharps and flats.
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Clean your tube regularly, and your amber mouthpiece with a feather dipped in spirits of lavender.
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Edna was sitting on the tabouret, idly brushing the tips of a feather duster along the carpet when he came in again.
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Around her throat was a white feather boa, while her features were half concealed by the veil she wore.
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Have both a feather bed and a mattress upon the bedstead, that she may place whichever she prefers uppermost.
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