In France it is much used in turnery; and wine-casks are made from it, as it gives to white wines an agreeable flavour of violets.
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Captain Mayne Reid
It is also used in turnery, for shoe lasts, butcher blocks, ladder rounds, etc.
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Joseph B. Wagner
Used chiefly in turnery, for tool handles, etc.
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Joseph B. Wagner