See Amelanchier for substitutes for boxwood, which is costly. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
I have culled a branch of the boxwood at which you looked. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Furiously, too, with her shuttle of boxwood she smote Arachne. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
The wreaths in the windows and the garlands are all fresh boxwood. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2005] Reference
It was an old garden, filled with boxwood walks and flowers run wild. From Wordnik.com. [The Tory Maid] Reference
She approached beside the boxwood hedge, holding a parasol and dressed in. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The play acted on that occasion was, "The record of the boxwood hair-pin.". From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
The waist-high boxwood hedge of Mother's house gleams in the late-dawn light. From Wordnik.com. [The Fable of the Puddletree] Reference
Daedalus was taking a long hot drink, Fortunata ground pepper in a boxwood mill. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio] Reference
"Stay out of sight," she whispered and led him close to a line of boxwood hedges. From Wordnik.com. [The Stone Monkey]
Before separating we stopped a moment on the parapet along which runs a thin boxwood hedge. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He watched the Gray Man steal along the ridge, lingering in boxwood paths and in the orchard. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
Another view of Mr. Dawson's property pre-transformation, dominated by weedy lawn and a boxwood hedge. From Wordnik.com. [Gardeners Go to the 'Hellstrip'] Reference
He wore a white cravat, spotless as snow; and two triangles of short, thick beard, cut like the boxwood at. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She stopped at a gateway formed by a gap in a hedge of spicy scented boxwood that paralleled the sidewalk. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
SHEINKOPF: What this suggests is that Barack Obama found a like the boxwood find, a place where there's a cut. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2008] Reference
It has been recommended as a substitute for boxwood for engraving, and trials should, therefore, be made with it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference
Landscape was thus his acknowledged line when he found himself at the Docks with his round of boxwood in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
The drums call you, and the Berecyntian boxwood of the mother of Ida; leave arms to men, and lay down the sword. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
The men are round and flat, and are usually made of boxwood or ebony and ivory, one set being white and the other black. From Wordnik.com. [My Book of Indoor Games] Reference
The kings are a hefty four inches tall; the dark pieces are made of red sandalwood and the white are crafted from boxwood. From Wordnik.com. [A Kingly Chess Set] Reference
The final polish can soon be imparted by means of a small boxwood slip, or flattened peg-wood, and diamantine and alcohol. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material] Reference
Hunkering down behind the boxwood, he saw Maggie standing by the dining room table, face animated and glass of wine in hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunting]
This, to a certain extent, might set free some of the boxwood so used, and leave it available for the higher purposes of art. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference
Through the sand-covered paths between the flowerbeds they walked to the boxwood hedge which bordered the park on the southern side. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The charcoal of the heavy hardwoods, as lignum-vitæ, boxwood, oak, are the best; and these, as to quality, range in the order given. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
They were following the stone parapet surmounted by a hedge of boxwood, which entirely hides the ugliness of the buildings on the quay. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
At the outside they suspect that nature may exist when they see the horses on Palm Sunday decorated with bits of boxwood behind each ear. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then, in a solid line, they deliberately walked up to the old house -- through the path lined with boxwood over the little flower garden. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies] Reference
A pair of clams (Fig. 4), cost 1s. 6d.; knife (Fig. 5), 6d.; half dozen awl blades, ½d. each; three or four boxwood handles, 1½d. each. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886] Reference
For many years the boxwood blocks on which the drawings were made consisted of a single piece; for, as already explained, Charles Wells of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
It was still very hot, but the shadows of the boxwood trees had grown longer, and there was just a promise of the coming night in the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference
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