to burl

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• I'm like Lord, can't go to this store 'cause I don't know where the burled at?

  The Workout Room (2019)

• It was a burled face, with deep crevices; it had an ivory-going-to-yellow color.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The burled eggs, they don't know what that is.

  The Workout Room (2019)

• It was small with maroon carpeting and burled wood.

  Fiction book (1998)

• But instead of pulling over and waiting for the weather to pass, I shifted to a lower gear and drove on in my machine of burled walnut, soft leather, and steel.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The car, made in England, had a burled walnut dashboard that shone like an expensive humidor.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The white carpet was Iraqi lambswool; the desk a slab of burled walnut.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Since the Renaissance, artists have used faux wood graining techniques to give simple furniture, doors, and trim the look of much finer woods like tiger maple and burled walnut.

  Blog text (14)

• The seamstress expertly burled the fabric to ensure a smooth finish.

• Before dyeing the material, she preferred to burl out any knots in the cloth.

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