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- verb to stain again
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Examples
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The household to-do list includes "restain deck?".
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2010
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The household to-do list includes "restain deck?".
mrissa: Whatever skills the duck knows now, it's stuck with them for awhile. mrissa 2010
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Plant shrubbery to screen out the ugly houses next door (and trim vegetation strategically to enhance lake views); power-wash and restain your dock and expand your parking area, if it's allowed, by sacrificing some lawn to asphalt.
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If not, you can sand them down, restain them if the wood is too dark or in not too good condition.
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Then, of course, I need to restain where I sand and re-apply poly. previous - next
roland Diary Entry roland 2005
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He would have also taken it upon himself to restain the deck and fix the railing.
miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2004
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Nobody had time to clean it and restain it with green sap, had they?
Death of a Fool Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1956
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This public skepticism will either restain or bring down any Israeli government tha seeks to do Obama's will.
No Left Turns Pete Spiliakos 2010
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You've got to reseal the driveway, restain the deck, clean the gutters, repair and eventually replace the roof, repair any cracks in the siding, patch the front steps - and that's just the outside!
USATODAY.com News 2010
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Plus, patch the walls, replace the toilets, repaint, restain the floors or replace the carpet and regrout the bathroom.
USATODAY.com News 2010
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