We wanted to spruce up the room by replacing the old couch with a new leather one. From LearnThat.org.
spruce up your house for Spring. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The spruce trees and Scotch fir were our stronghold, and it was in spruce thickets we made our hiding-places by day. From Wordnik.com. [Three Times and Out: A Canadian Boy's Experience in Germany] Reference
Conifers predominate in the forests of Canada, and amongst those conifers spruce is by far the most abundant growth. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Wealth of Canada] Reference
Anna recalled spruce was supposed to be good for that. From Wordnik.com. [The Soprano Sorceress]
The spruce is the point where the maker poured the molten metal into the mold. From Wordnik.com. [The Newton Kansan Home RSS] Reference
The spruce, which is one of the most important lumber trees of this region, does not at once spring up again. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
Magnified one hundred times, a piece of spruce, which is similar to pine, presents a picture like that shown in Fig. 2. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Once adain spruce or cedar bow. From Wordnik.com. [what is the best kind of shelter for a snowy environment?] Reference
Having said that, they really need to kind of spruce up their PR. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2009] Reference
Coniferous wood (NH), such as spruce, pine wood grade II (Gk II) means. From Wordnik.com. [6. Load on Wooden Beams] Reference
A frame can be made of bamboo, rattan, willow or light strong pieces of pliant wood such as spruce or hickory. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
Other boreal taxa such as spruce (Picea spp.) and mountain ash (Sorbus spp.) are also recorded in these high-elevation areas. From Wordnik.com. [Central China loess plateau mixed forests] Reference
That's what I consider light carpentry, or maybe changing the doorknobs in the interior of your home to kind of spruce that up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 28, 2009] Reference
For mine support, a timber with a long fiber structure is always employed, such as spruce, fir, or other conifer wood, or eucalyptus. From Wordnik.com. [5.1 Rigid support in drifts and stopes] Reference
The hemlock-tree (as they call it in New-England) is a kind of spruce. From Wordnik.com. [Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees] Reference
The oldest pieces will have a circular mark called a "spruce" on the bottom side. From Wordnik.com. [The Newton Kansan Home RSS] Reference
He has some englemann spruce which is considerably lighter but he has never used it before. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
We found the tall trees to be a kind of spruce pine, very proper for spars, of which we were in want. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14] Reference
If insulating characteristics are the most important, go with a lightweight, non-dense wood such as spruce or cedar. From Wordnik.com. [SurvivalBlog.com] Reference
Canada's boreal forest consists mostly of coniferous trees such as spruce, fir and pine, well as large wetlands regions. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Lovers, "as Walter called a spruce and maple which grew so closely together that their boughs were inextricably intertwined. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Valley] Reference
Scotch pines are the most susceptible, while other evergreens such as spruce and fir trees are less likely to be attacked by the beetles. From Wordnik.com. [greatfallstribune.com - Local News] Reference
In German the word "spruce" is masculine and the word for. From Wordnik.com. [Sense & Sensuality] Reference
There's maple for the back and spruce for the front. From Wordnik.com. [How to Build a Masterpiece] Reference
Dawn, wet and cold, shakes through the spruce on the hill. From Wordnik.com. [A Certainty and Not the Poem I Meant to Write] Reference
"An Alberta spruce is a better choice if you want a smaller tree.". From Wordnik.com. [Tip of the Day: Picking—and replanting—a Christmas tree] Reference
Cool-weather plants like pansies and cyclamens will spruce up medians. From Wordnik.com. [Football: What Lovely Pansies!] Reference
And they'd give it back to me and I'd work on the music and kind of spruce it up. ". From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
Later, after progeny were tucked in, I went back to my draft blog post to spruce it up. From Wordnik.com. [Heather Taylor-Miesle: My Kids Are Losers: Commentary on the Climate Debate] Reference
Time does tend to march on, and now we must spruce up billions of lines of computer code. From Wordnik.com. [The 1,000 Year Glitch] Reference
In fact, he seems to be taking this meeting as an opportunity to spruce up with his image. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Respect, Please] Reference
In the meantime, do what you can to spruce up your pool's appearance, at least cosmetically. From Wordnik.com. [Should Home Seller Dive Into Pool Repairs?] Reference
Jennifer BarrettStyle: Pocket SquaresWant to know the easiest way to spruce up that old suit?. From Wordnik.com. [Tip Sheet] Reference
Of course, it's not the first time marketers have tried to spruce up an old product with a new hue. From Wordnik.com. [Clear, And Cashing In] Reference
Customers rushed to buy his tatami mats, used as flooring, to spruce up their houses before the coming year. From Wordnik.com. [Is It Ta-Ta To Tatami?] Reference
It took seven full-time craftsmen and dozens of volunteers almost three years to build the wooden plane from spruce and ash. From Wordnik.com. [Centennial: A Wright Way To Fly] Reference
She looked around and padded off across a ravine, toward the edge of the blue spruce and Douglas fir forest that would be her new home. From Wordnik.com. [Lynx To The Past] Reference
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