crape the mirror. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The veil was a kind of crape, so that they could see through it, or at least. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 390, September 19, 1829] Reference
"I adopted that common lawn," planting trees and shrubs such as crape myrtles and Japanese maples, he said. From Wordnik.com. [High on life, in homes hugging hill] Reference
Then let me advise you to go in crape spectacles. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue for the Year 2130] Reference
England for the usual Norwich manufactures, as also for other delicate productions, such as crape shawls and dress-fabrics. From Wordnik.com. [John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea] Reference
· Propagation: Hardwood cuttings of many landscape plants, such as crape myrtle, hydrangea and juniper, can be taken this month. From Wordnik.com. [Daytona Beach News-Journal Online] Reference
"Something better than a crape mask, I assure you.". From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
The first one was a frock of fine black stuff with crape. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Dull silks are used in place of crape, according to taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
They are dressed in black crape and their heads are shaved. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Wire screens in the windows may keep crape from the door.". From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
She seemed to have measured off her grief in so many yards of crape. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
I am just up, and am going to seat myself for Sibby to crape my hair. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782] Reference
She had a butifull crape cushon on, ornamented with gauze and flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782] Reference
He also wore blue and white stockings, and a blue Canton-crape wrapper. From Wordnik.com. [Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends] Reference
A widow should wear crape with a bonnet having a small border of white. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
During the first six months, black material trimmed with crape is used, and also. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
Woolen material of the deepest black and crape should be worn during the first year. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
A crape bonnet should be worn, and a very small white ruche may be added if desired. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
'How would it do?' she said, 'to have a little crape on the body and not on the skirt?'. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Marcia, in crape and silk of elaborate design, is looking calm but full of decorous grief. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
A crowd of Franks, Turks, and Armenians, wearing crape upon their arms, closed the procession. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference
All the Sparhawk portraits were covered with black crape, and the family pew was draped with black. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
At daylight, it was finally quiet in the house and Alice put on her scrubs and her crape soled shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Bailey White: 'The Green Bus'] Reference
Girls of more advanced age do not wear veils, but crape may be worn in hat or dress, according to taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
Nobody could mistake the consequential strut, the flapping linen suit, the white hat with its band of crape. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
I hastily fixed the black crape mask across my face as I cleared the wood, and made full gallop for Dolores. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
The boy had dwindled to a skeleton, and the skin lay on his face in crimpled folds, like a mask of black crape. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference
She sees the faded towzled hair of the woman in the train, the dusty crape of her bonnet, the red upon her lips. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Dress of white crape over white satin; front of the skirt with bouquets of the same flowers as those in the wreath. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
A crape band should be worn around the hat, its width being determined by the nearness of the relative mourned for. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
Had we not better abstain from blowing our Puritan trumpets so loudly, and wreathe with crape our banners for a season?. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Black dresses trimmed with black crape are usually worn for the first few months by women who have lost a near relative. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
A crape band around the hat should be worn -- the width of the band being determined by the character of the bereavement. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
Complimentary mourning is worn for three months; this does not necessitate crape and veil, but any black material can be used. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
The sight of it almost made her scream, for the face was partially covered by a crape mask, through which the eyes gleamed fiercely. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
Jackie Braitman planted two pink-flowering crape myrtle trees on the strip directly across from two crape myrtles on her own property. From Wordnik.com. [Gardeners Go to the 'Hellstrip'] Reference
There were larger shops in better locations in the city, and here we found the grass linen embroidered articles and the crape for which. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
The streets were as green as in early spring: the flowers were fewer, but the air was heavy with the fragrance of crape-myrtle and orange. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
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