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plaiting
[ pley-ting, plat-ing ]
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Women were plaiting hives in the open air; and the bees were abroad, mingling their humming with the murmurs from the sea.
They employ themselves in plaiting straw for hats and cigar-cases.
It is trimmed with a fall of white lace upon the lower edge, a narrower one forming a beading to the plaiting round the neck.
She went up to the little mat-plaiting girl as she gave that answer, and began playing with her long flaxen hair.
He turned upon the doorstep, and taking between his fingers the hem of Truelove's apron fell to plaiting it.
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