slivering

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How to use slivering in a sentence

  • The tops and bottoms of the posts should have their edges slightly chamfered to prevent their slivering.

    Mission Furniture | H. H. Windsor
  • Then you begin a-slivering with a sharp jack-knife, leetle teeny flat slivers way up to the bark ring.

    Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse Earle
  • Then you take off the bark above the ring and begin slivering down.

    Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse Earle
  • The lower ends should be slightly beveled to prevent their slivering.

    Mission Furniture | H. H. Windsor

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