Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flaw in the timber of exogenous trees. See
shake , n., 7, and anemosis.
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It will furnish a perfectly clear plank, without knot or wind-shake, for the next Republican platform.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. Interviews Robert Green Ingersoll 1866
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