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Wood shavings   /wʊd ʃˈeɪvɪŋz/   Listen
Wood shavings

noun
1.
Thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing.  Synonym: excelsior.






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"Wood shavings" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pulverized pumice stone and pulverized rotten stone, both very fine, are used to rub down inequalities and to give a dull finish to shellac or varnish. Use with oil on shellac and with oil or water on copal varnish. Horsehair and soft wood shavings are often used to rub down varnish. French felt, medium hard, is used for rubbing down ...
— Handwork in Wood • William Noyes

... the proposed drainage; and this should be filled with small stones to that level, with a line of tile laid on top of the stones, a uniform bottom for the tile to rest upon being formed of cheap strips of board. The tile and stone should then be covered with inverted sods, with wood shavings, or with other suitable material, which will prevent the entrance of earth, (from the covering of the drain,) to choke them. The water, following down the surface of the rock, will rise through the stone work and, entering the tile, will flow off. This method may be ...
— Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health • George E. Waring



Words linked to "Wood shavings" :   wadding, packing material, packing



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