close-grained

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• The ebony diapason was marked at the fifth, seventh, and twelfth frets with a pattern of ivory dots, and the rounded belly of it was composed of tapering strips of close-grained maple, separated skilfully by thin fillets of rosewood. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
• Vital cities have marvelous innate abilities for understanding, communicating, contriving and inventing what is required to combat their difficulties… Surplus wealth, productivity, the close-grained juxtaposition of talents that permit society to support technological advances…are themselves products of our organization into cities, and especially dense cities…dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. Archive 2008-03-01
• Being close-grained, ivory lends itself particularly well to low relief and engraving, but it has also been used successfully for statuettes in the round, whose compositions are often dictated by the curve of the tusk itself.
• The pump casing, impeller, motor housing and stationary base elbow shall be manufactured of close-grained cast iron, ASTM A48, Class 30.
• Carya illinoensis has close-grained, hard wood that is pale reddish-brown with occasional dark streaks.
• Both cabinets are made of sycamore entirely ebonized, and the panels are painted with washes of brown and amber, so that the golden color of the close-grained wood shows through.
• The same period also saw the creation of dance studies — composed of light, line and movement — of the major exponents of Expressionist dance (Gret Palucca [1902 – 1993] and Mary Wigman [1886 – 1973]); the Constructivist-inspired role portraits of the Moscow Chamber Theater (1925) and the Habimah Ensemble (1927); and their close-grained, New Expressionist stage reportage of important productions and significant open-air theater performances (Heidelberg Castle Theater Festival, Frankfurt-Römerberg Theater Festival). Nini Hess.
• Perched on iron wheels, it is lined with close-grained pine boards stained a deep honey-amber by years of woodsmoke seeping from the stove. Wildwood
• The best wooden boards are thick, heavy, and stable and made from close-grained hardwoods like maple - but they're also rather expensive.
• The close-grained wood resembles sugar maple but has a softer texture, is not as heavy, and has somewhat poorer machining qualities.