Look up: Feather-edge


  1. Feather edge
    where harling is reduced to the thinnest possible coat, to give way to dressed stone, limewash etc. Also refers to reduced thickness in timber boards.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  2. feather-edge
    Engraved or bright-cut patterns of fine, slanting lines that decorate the edge of silverware. Feather-edging was used on flatware c. 1760-90 and on the handles of silver cutlery from the late 18thC onwards.
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  3. Feather-edge
    Feath'er-edge` noun 1. (Zoology) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster. 2. Any thin, as on a board or a razor.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/14

  4. feather-edge
    1. <zoology> The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster. ... 2. Any thin, as on a board or a razor. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?feather-edge

  5. Feather-edge
    A slightly curved repeating pattern of cuts using the same technique as Bright-cut engraving. First used from about 1700, it was chiefly used as a border decoration on flatware and cutlery but was also used on wine labels and small boxes.
    Found op http://freespace.virgin.net/a.data/glossaryframes.htm

  6. feather-edge
    Engraved or bright-cut patterns of fine, slanting lines that decorate the edge of silverware. Feather-edging was used on flatware c. 1760-90 and on the handles of silver cutlery from the late 18thC onwards.
    Found op http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-terms-f.html

  7. Feathered Edge
    In paper hanging, a feathered edge is an irregular, invisible joint produced by leaving a few inches of overlapped paper folded back at a right angle when the paper is hung. After the glue has dried the overlap is torn away, leaving an invisible joint.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TF.HTM

  8. featheredge
    [n] - a thin tapering edge
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=featheredge

  9. featheredge
    noun a thin tapering edge
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=featheredge

  10. featheredge
    1) A thin tapering edge 2) Edge
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/featheredge/1

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